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  1. London Pride (2006)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 65 minutes), £19.99

    A collection of films showing the effect of the blitz on London and its people, and the plans for the post-war regeneration of the City. Includes: LONDON CAN TAKE IT, THE PROUD CITY, LONDON AIRPORT, MOVING...

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  2. London in Festival Year 1951

    Subject
    Design; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 66minutes), £19.99

    A collection of films in celebration of the 1951 Festival of Britain. Features the last films made by Humphrey Jennings - FAMILY PORTRAIT, and Richard Massingham - BRIEF CITY, written for the Observer by...

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  3. Addressing the Nation: Gpo Film Unit Volume 1 (2008)

    Director
    Alberto Cavalcanti; Len Lye; Humphrey Jennings; Basil Wright
    Producer
    John Grierson
    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £24.99

    The first of three deluxe double-disc box sets presenting all the key films of the GPO Film Unit on DVD for the first time. The complete collection includes legendary filmmakers such as John Grierson, Len...

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  4. First Days, The (1939 Film, Video)

    Producer
    Alberto Cavalcanti
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    This earliest of notable British wartime documentaries was a collaborative effort in the direction of which both Harry Watt and Humphrey Jennings played parts. The editing and the use of sound represents the...

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  5. Britain at Bay (Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Special loan (film -IWM), Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 14 min.

    Nazi Germany had swallowed Czechoslovakia, invaded Poland and Norway, overrun Holland and Belgium. ‘The future of the whole civilised world rests on the defence of Britain’. The film was probably edited...

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  6. London Can Take It (1940 Film, Video)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings; Harry Watt
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The story of the first night of the London Blitz, told in the form of a dispatch from an American correspondent.

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  7. Tonic to the Nation - From Festival to Coronation (1951 Video)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings; Richard Massingham
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 68 min., 2001 sale £12.95 (inc VAT +p&p)

    A compilation of four films, three of them commissioned for the Festival of Britain. BRIEF CITY (d. Richard Massingham. COI, b&w, 1951) and LONDON IN FESTIVAL YEAR (COI, col, 1951) cover the capital’s...

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  8. Words for Battle (1942 Video)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings
    Producer
    Ian Dalrymple
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Beta SP. b&w. 8 min.

    The idea behind the film was to set great passages of prose and poetry relevant to the great struggle of World War 2 against scenes of Britain. Quotations are derived from Camden’s ‘Britannia’, Milton,...

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  9. London Can Take It: The British Home Front at War

    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 107 minutes), £12.00

    Seven wartime films looking at the city of London, specifically life during the Blitz. Includes Humphrey Jennings and Harry Watt’s LONDON CAN TAKE IT (1940).

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  10. Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930 - 1950 (2008)

    Director
    Paul Rotha; Arthur Elton; Basil Wright; Humphrey Jennings
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 720 minutes), £34.99

    A collection of 40 films from the British documentary movement during its period of greatest influence. These films capture the spirit and strength, concerns and resolve of Britain and its people before,...

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