Hello and welcome to another History Fireside Chats special. In today’s special we are building on from the last chat about the Culture Industry by exploring American Christmas films during the Cold War and what they tell us about postwar American society. I’m joined in this special today by the brilliant Vaughn Joy, PhD Researcher in Christmas Film History at UCL (find out more about Vaughn’s fascinating research and PhD here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/history/people/phd-community/g-vaughn-joy). We hope you will join us around the virtual fireplace as we talk It’s a Wonderful Life, White Christmas, Rambo and whether it is safe to let your family watch Christmas films this season.
I hope you all enjoy! Merry Christmas, happy holidays and thanks for listening.
Dr Kristopher Lovell 