From the Publisher
In addition to the quality of the research, the book is also beautifully-designed. It features numerous colour illustrations – primarily frame enlargements – which are very helpful in comprehending Street's many detailed analyses of individual films. The book also features two appendices that enhance its value as a reference work: a list of the colour films distributed in Britain between 1938 and 1955 (based on Kinematograph Weekly), and a concise and very useful description of the colour film processes and technologies discussed in the book (compiled by Simon Brown). Colour Films in Britain succeeds both as a comprehensive national film history and as a reflection on colour in cinema, and will be a valuable and lasting contribution to the field of film studies.' – European Journal of Media Studies
'Sarah Street's groundbreaking study is that rare film history text which is at once absolutely authoritative, and pitched at a very high level in terms of discourse, but still readily accessible to the general reader. In addition, the volume is richly – and I mean intensely – illustrated with numerous, exquisitely printed frame blowups from the many films it examines, all in full color, and Street's analysis of the development of color, not only in the commercial British cinema, but also in the the experimental work of artists such as Len Lye, is meticulous and detailed.' – Wheeler Winston Dixon, Ryan Professor of Film Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
'Framd by Frame', UNiversity of Nebraska-Lincoln's Film Blog http://blog.unl.edu/dixon/2012/12/26/colour-films-in-britain-the-negotiation-of-innovation-1900-1955/ Read 'Britain's wonderful worlds of colour', John Wyver's article about the book on the Illuminations blog: http://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/2012/12/britains-wonderful-worlds-of-colour/
