Roy Alfred Clarence Boulting; John Edward Boulting
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Roy Alfred Clarence Boulting; John Edward Boulting
by Bill Brandt
bromide print, 1948
13 1/4 in. x 11 1/2 in. (335 mm x 292 mm)
Purchased, 1982
Photographs Collection
NPG x22407
Sittersback to top
- John Edward Boulting (1913-1985), Film director. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Roy Alfred Clarence Boulting (1913-2001), Film producer and director. Sitter in 9 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Bill Brandt (1904-1983), Photographer. Artist or producer of 120 portraits, Sitter in 34 portraits.
This portraitback to top
Published in Lilliput, February 1949 as part of a portfolio of Film Directors entitled 'Nervy Birds in a Gilded Cage'. Richard Winnington noted that the Boultings 'Perform a unique prima donna's double act.'
Events of 1948back to top
Current affairs
Prince Charles is born in Buckingham Palace; he is the first son of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of EdinburghThe Secretary of State for Health, Aneurin Bevan, introduces the National Health Service. Health services in Britain were now funded from central taxation and free at the point of use for every resident of the country.
Art and science
The First Morris Minor car designed by Alec Issigonis and his team (also responsible for the Mini) takes to the road, becoming a popular and classic English design.F.R. Leavis publishes his influential study of the English novel, The Great Tradition. The book set out Leavis's ideas on the proper relationship between literary form and moral concern.
International
The policy of Apartheid is adopted in South Africa. Apartheid was a set of laws allowing racial segregation and discrimination against the black majority by the white ruling class.As part of the dispute between Western and Soviet controlled Berlin, the Soviet Union blockades West Berlin, cutting off supplies. Anxious to avoid a conflict, America, Britain and France responded by flying in food and other provisions.
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