Children's Film Foundation

"From the 1950s to the 1980s, the Children's Film Foundation produced films for Saturday morning cinema clubs across the UK, entertaining and educating generations of British children. Watched by a weekly audience of close to half-a-million, their films ranged from comedy to cliffhanger serials and distinctive sixty-minute features, and encapsulated a changing Britain - from post-war streets with deferential children in shirts and ties, to the high-rise landscapes of the 1970s with long-haired streetwise kids in tank-tops and jeans. Robert Shail provides the first comprehensive study of this much-loved organisation, offering detailed analysis of its key films, as well as interviews with behind-the-scenes personnel and reminiscences from audience members."