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Manning, Sam (Historian), author.

Title Cinemas and cinema-going in the United Kingdom : decades of decline, 1945-65 / Sam Manning.

Publication Info.

London : Royal Historical Society, Institute of Historical Research, University of London Press, [2020]

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe JSTOR Open Ebooks	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource : illustrations
	text txt rdacontent
	computer c rdamedia
	online resource cr rdacarrier
Series	New historical perspectives
	New historical perspectives.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-224) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Cinema-going experiences -- The decline of cinema-going -- Cinema-going and the built environment -- Cinema exhibition, programming and audience preferences in Belfast -- Film exhibition in post-war Sheffield -- Conclusion.
Note	Print version record.
Summary	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.
Subject	Motion picture audiences -- Great Britain -- History.
	Motion picture theaters -- Great Britain -- History.
	Cinéma -- Publics -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire.
	Technology & Engineering -- Agriculture.
	Performing Arts -- Film -- History & Criticism.
	Motion picture audiences
	Motion picture theaters
	Great Britain https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP
Genre/Form	History
In:	Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR
	Humanities Digital Library Humanities Digital Library
	OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) OAPEN
Other Form:	Print version: MANNING, SAM. DECADES OF DECLINE. [Place of publication not identified] : INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL R, 2020 1912702355 (OCoLC)1107375919
ISBN	9781912702367 (electronic bk.)
	1912702363 (electronic bk.)
	1912702355
	9781912702350
	9781912702343 (hardback)
Standard No.	AU@ 000066985500