2 videodiscs (236 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details
DVD-R; region free, NTSC compatible; standard (4.3) presentation.
System requirements DVD-ROM: Pentium II; 300mhz; 64mb RAM; compatible video and sound card.
Credits
Archive research, James Smith ; camera, David Barker, William Sowerby ; online editor, Marc Corrance, Tamer Osman ; asssistant producer, Lucy Kelsall.
Note
Originally produced as episodes of the BBC television program The century of the self in 2002.
For specific features see interactive menu.
Summary
Four programs describing the psycho/social issues affecting 20th century consumerism against the backdrop of the development of Freudian psychology.
Contents
Part one. Happiness machines (59 min.) -- Part. two. The engineering of consent (59 min.) -- Part three. There is a policeman inside all our heads he must be destroyed (59 min.) -- Part four. Eight people sipping wine in Kettering (59 min.).