Harry Bruce Woolfe Explained

Harry Bruce Woolfe CBE, (1880, Marylebone, London – 1965, Brighton) was an English film producer and occasional director who founded British Instructional Films. The company focused on documentaries, nature films, and works concerning World War I.[1] He was himself a veteran so had an interest in using film to re-enact the war. This links to his being referred to as an "ardent imperialist" who intended to tell heroic stories of said war.[2] In addition to work on war films he initiated the Secrets of Nature series.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: British Instructional Films. https://web.archive.org/web/20080829021639/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/organisation/7300. dead. 29 August 2008. BFI.org.uk. 19 February 2017.
  2. Book: Paris, Michael. The First World War and Popular Cinema: 1914 to the Present. 1 January 1999. Rutgers University Press. 9780813528250. 19 February 2017. Google Books.
  3. Book: Petterson, Palle B.. Cameras into the Wild: A History of Early Wildlife and Expedition Filmmaking, 1895-1928. 6 July 2011. McFarland. 9780786485956. 19 February 2017. Google Books.