Colonial Film Unit

The Colonial Film Unit (C.F.U) was a propaganda and educational film production organization of the British government.^[1] It produced films for various British colonies including British Guiana and Nigeria. The Jamaica Film Unit was a division for films produced in Jamaica. The Colonial Film Unit was established in 1939 and produced 200 films before being shut down in 1955.^[2] It was part of Britain's Ministry of Information.^[3] It produced a magazine titled Colonial Cinema.^[4] Training filmmakers was also an important part of the unit's activities.^[5]

Journey by a London Bus (1950)

Originally established to produce British war propaganda, the C.F.U. transitioned to making instructional films after World War II.^[6]

Tom Rice is a British film historian and educator who has focused his work on studying the Colonial Film Unit, and the American Ku Klux Klan films; as well as the depiction of the far-right in media.^[7][8][9]

Filmography

• Learie Constantine, welfare worker and cricketer, a documentary about Learie Constantine's welfare department work
• Springime in an English Village (1944)
• Nigerian Footballers in England (1949)
• Jungle Musicians
• 'mAn African Conference in London (1948)
• Colonial Month in London (1949)
• African Visitors to the Tower of London (1949)
• Journey by a London Bus (1950)
• Towards True Democracy (1951)^[10]

See also

• GPO Film Unit
• Crown Film Unit