Total War in Britain

Synopsis

The story of the total mobilisation of Britain’s manpower and industrial resources for war, in the four years from Dunkirk to the invasion of western Europe. The film is based on an offical British government report, ‘Statistics Relating to the War Effort in the United Kingdom’. Contains both library footage and material especially shot by the Realist Film Unit. Some of the information is presented in the form of diagrams and animations. Both civilian and military aspects of the subject are dealt with - food, commodities, industrial production, factories armaments, rationing, the use of allotments for growing food and queuing are all described.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 20 min.

Year of production

1945

Availability

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION

Notes

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Subjects

History

Keywords

war; World War II

Credits

Director

Alexander Shaw

Production Company

Name

Films of Facts

Name

Realist Film Unit

Sponsor

Name

Ministry of Information

Distributor

Name

CFL Vision