I'm not sure I'd use the term "mixed genre" to describe films like POWER AND THE LAND. Almost from the beginning of a distinct genre "documentary" in the mid-twenties there were attempts to construct fictions using actuality. The most outstanding set of these attempts came from the General Post Office unit under Grierson's leadership. NORTH SEA, NIGHT MAIL, and subsequent to Grierson, Jennings and McAllister's LISTEN TO BRITAIN combined fictions and actuality. Sometimes using locations, sometimes using individuals from the locations, sometimes using the location as a sound stage (e.g., the dialogue sequences in NIGHT MAIL). Still later in the States during the 'fifties, George Stoney's ALL MY BABIES and PALMOUR STREET tried to get into the actual world with actual people in what can be seen as a precursor to direct cinema. If I ever get around to writing it, I could construct a history of documentary that is a history of attempts to see what was possible in the combination of fiction and actuality. Cal Pryluck, Radio-Television-Film, Temple University, Philadelphia <[log in to unmask]> <PRYLUCK@TEMPLEVM>