Abstract

The aim of this paper is to describe use of realism in the World War II propaganda film, The Next of Kin and the purposive approach to public information film making used by the director, Thorold Dickinson to convey a didactic message about careless talk in cinematic form. Through this historical exposition of a purposive and realistic form of public information discourse in wartime cinema, the paper seeks to add to public relations (PR) historical knowledge on the filmic past.

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