Learning on ScreenOur Country and the Dim Little Island
- Synopsis
- Two films reflecting life in Britain in the 1940s.
- Series
- 40’s Britain
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2005
- Year of production
- 1946
- Subjects
- Social Studies; History
- Keywords
- Home Front; social history; United Kingdom; World War II
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 0
- Price
- £18.99
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 55 mintues
- Year
- 2005
Sections
- Title
- Our Country
- Synopsis
- A sailor on leave in "Our Country" finds wartime Britain in good spirits in this experiment with narrative poetry on screen. With the words of Dylan Thomas and the music of William Alwyn.
- Title
- Dim Little Island, The
- Synopsis
- Humphrey Jennings’ penultimate film dispels the myth of the British being a dull insular race as it explores the achievements of Britain and its people. Featuring Osbert Lancaster, cartoonist, Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer, James Fisher, naturalist and John Ormston, industrialist.
Distributor
- Name
Panamint Cinema
- cinema@panamint.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.panamint.co.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01505 834936
- Address
- Abercorn Schoolhouse
Whitequarries
Broxburn
West Lothian, Scotland
EH52 6PZ
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