rowanberries pointed out this post to me -- I thought I'd adjusted my settings to allow comments from non-friends, but it looks like my settings didn't take. ^^;;
Yep, I'm well aware that there were many reasons for the loss of the dollar reserves, such as the ones you mentioned above -- films were only a very small portion of the overall total. It's mostly that I'd never really considered the possibility that films could have been another source of concern, to the point where (IIRC) the Attlee Government tried to impose quotas on film imports from the States and encouraged the Ealing comedies and other British-made films of the day. Anything to keep a few thousands dollars in the reserves. It's these little aspects of history that make Hennessy's book so interesting -- which, again, was a significant part of why the stylistic issues bothered me so much.
Re: complicated posting
Yep, I'm well aware that there were many reasons for the loss of the dollar reserves, such as the ones you mentioned above -- films were only a very small portion of the overall total. It's mostly that I'd never really considered the possibility that films could have been another source of concern, to the point where (IIRC) the Attlee Government tried to impose quotas on film imports from the States and encouraged the Ealing comedies and other British-made films of the day. Anything to keep a few thousands dollars in the reserves. It's these little aspects of history that make Hennessy's book so interesting -- which, again, was a significant part of why the stylistic issues bothered me so much.