16mm Filmography
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The Invisible keystone

Episode number 6 of Series “The Commonwealth of Nations”. A review of how British constitutional government and British forms of law and order became a valued heritage and a unifying link between members of the Commonwealth. The film moves from one Commonwealth country to another to observe how the democratic formula of government is exercised and kept flexible according to the changing ideas of the time, while the Crown symbolizes a continuity and permanence free of politics. A most significant test of this principle was that of India’s rise to nationhood. Edgar McInnis comments on how institutions inherited from Britain were preserved in the country’s statutes.

More in In COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS seriesIES

  1. CAN IT HOLD TOGETHER?
  2. COLONIES LOOK AHEAD
  3. PORTRAIT OF THE FAMILY
  4. ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE
  5. The Invisible keystone
  6. Colonialism: ogre or angel? 1957
  7. CRISIS IN ASIA 1957
  8. POVERTY AND PLENTY 1957
  9. STORM CLOUDS OVER THE COLONIES 1957
  10. TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE COMMONWEALTH 1957
  11. Black and White in South Africa 1958

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record
  2. Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62) — title, catalog record

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