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oapen-20.500.12657-461602024-03-27T12:17:10Z Cinemas and Cinema-Going in the United Kingdom Manning, Sam cinema leisure television programming post-war History thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATF Films, cinema::ATFA Film history, theory or criticism Cinema-going was the most popular commercial leisure activity in the first half of the twentieth century, peaking in 1946 with 1.6 billion recorded admissions. Though ‘going to the pictures’ remained a popular pastime, the transition to peacetime altered citizens’ leisure habits. During the 1950s increased affluence, the growth of television ownership and the diversification of leisure led to rapid declines in attendance. Cinema attendances fell in all regions, but the speed, nature and extent of decline varied widely across the United Kingdom. By linking national developments to detailed case studies of Belfast and Sheffield, this book adds nuance to our understanding of regional variations in film exhibition, audience habits and cinema-going experiences during a period of profound social and cultural change. Drawing on a wide range of quantitative and qualitative sources, Cinema and Cinema-Going conveys the diverse nature of this important industry, and the significance of place as a determinant of film attendance in post-war Britain. 2020-05-27T16:46:22Z 2020-05-27T16:46:22Z 2020 book ONIX_20200527_9781912702367_34 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46160 eng New Historial Perspectives application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781912702343_v2_web.pdf University of London Press University of London Press University of London Press 10.14296/320.9781912702367 10.14296/320.9781912702367 4af45bb1-d463-422d-9338-fa2167dddc34 Knowledge Unlatched Knowledge Unlatched (KU) University of London Press University of London Press 254 London open access
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Cinema-going was the most popular commercial leisure activity in the first half of the twentieth century, peaking in 1946 with 1.6 billion recorded admissions. Though ‘going to the pictures’ remained a popular pastime, the transition to peacetime altered citizens’ leisure habits. During the 1950s increased affluence, the growth of television ownership and the diversification of leisure led to rapid declines in attendance. Cinema attendances fell in all regions, but the speed, nature and extent of decline varied widely across the United Kingdom. By linking national developments to detailed case studies of Belfast and Sheffield, this book adds nuance to our understanding of regional variations in film exhibition, audience habits and cinema-going experiences during a period of profound social and cultural change. Drawing on a wide range of quantitative and qualitative sources, Cinema and Cinema-Going conveys the diverse nature of this important industry, and the significance of place as a determinant of film attendance in post-war Britain.
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