Humphrey Jennings
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Frank Humphrey Sinkler Jennings was an English documentary filmmaker and one of the founders of the Mass Observation organisation. Jennings was described by film critic and director Lindsay Anderson i
Jennings in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey, suggesting a shot to Chick Fowle of the Crown Film Unit
2014 Royal Mail stamp showing a still from Spare Time
Pandaemonium (Jennings book)
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Pandæmonium, 1660–1886: The Coming of the Machine as Seen by Contemporary Observers is a book of contemporary observations of the coming, development, and impact of the Industrial Revolution in the Un
Humphrey Jennings
…it was almost ready just before his death. His daughter, Mary-Louise, asked Charles Madge to assist in finally editing it for publication in 1985 as Pandaemonium, 1660–1886: The Coming of the Machine as Seen by Contemporary Observers. The book was cited by writer Frank Cottrell Boyce as an influence in the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony, with an early section of the ceremony…
Pandaemonium
Scene from the "Pandemonium" section of the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony; rehearsal 23 July 2012.