‘Chapattis by parachute’: The use of newsreels in British propaganda in India in the second world war1

South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 89-110

  Woods, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0347898780     PISSN: 00856401     EISSN: 14790270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00856400008723416     Document Type: Article

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