Army, Empire and Film
British Imperial Conflict on Screen
Edited by Ian F. W. Beckett
Hardback (Published)
(November 2025)
ISBN: 9781804131978
6.14 x 9.21 inches
Price: $120.00
In stock
Leading military historians analyse the changing depiction of the British army and its role in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century colonial conflict in the cinema of empire from the silent era through classic imperial adventures to contemporary post-imperial cinematic critiques in Afrikaner, Hindi and Maori-language films.
Marking the sixtieth anniversary of the premiere of Zulu, starring Stanley Baker and Michael Caine, this volume brings together contributions from leading military historians to analyse changing depictions of the British Army and its role in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century colonial conflict in the cinema of empire. The first comprehensive study of the British Empire in film for over 20 years, the book’s focus on feature films rather than documentaries sets it apart from other scholarly treatments. Chapters explore early re-enactments in the silent era, classic Hollywood and British imperial adventure in the 1930s such as Charge of the Light Brigade, Gunga Din, and Korda’s The Four Feathers, before moving on to the beginnings of more nuanced treatments in the 1960s such as Zulu and Khartoum amid increasing decolonisation, and then to contemporary post-imperial cinematic critiques in Afrikaner, Hindi and Maori-language films.A comprehensive filmography is included, with over 160 cinema and television films relating to the British Army’s role in colonial conflicts prior to 1939. The book will be valuable to students and lecturers in film studies, military history, imperial history and cultural history, as well as a wider audience interested in military history and cinema.
1. Introduction Ian F.W. Beckett
DOI: 10.47788/HSFJ9287
2. Valleys of Death: Putting the Crimean War on Film Mark Connelly
DOI: 10.47788/AZLE8367
3. Hindi Cinema, the 1857 Mutiny and Representation of the British Empire Kaushik Roy
DOI: 10.47788/PUEW6066
4. ‘Dwarfing the Mightiest, Towering over the Greatest’: Cinematic Representations of the Anglo-Zulu War and Zulu History Ian Knight
DOI: 10.47788/XKUC4263
5. Mr Kipling’s Celluloid Soldiers Ian F.W. Beckett
DOI: 10.47788/TYJR8091
6. One Book and Seven Films: The Four Feathers Rodney Atwood
DOI: 10.47788/UIJZ7888
7. The Four Feathers (2002): A Re-enactor’s Nostalgias Graham Gillmore
DOI: 10.47788/CGCN4933
8. Khartoum: End of A Cinematic Era Christopher Brice
DOI: 10.47788/PCIA1751
9. Dominion Conflicts on Screen Ian F.W. Beckett
DOI: 10.47788/KWDK3619
10. Afrikaans Films on the Anglo-Boer War of 1899–1902 André Wessels
DOI: 10.47788/GEZH1418
- Edited by Ian F. W. Beckett
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