Your Job in Great Britain

Synopsis

From World War Two onwards, thousands of American service personnel were posted to Great Britain. Before they came, they were shown films designed to familiarise themselves with the country and its inhabitants. This collection of four films contains highly evocative footage of everyday life in a bygone Britain of the 1940s and 1950s...


Know Your Ally: Britain (1943):
This War Department film celebrates Britain’s lone stand against the Nazis in the early years of the war. It describes the British as the ‘toughest to understand’ of all the Allies and paints a picture of a nation with a great heritage but terrible coffee!

Britain And Her Empire (1946):
This production was originally intended for civilian viewing but adopted by the War Department. Again, it celebrates the sacrifices and achievements of the British people during wartime and takes the viewer on a whistle stop tour of the Commonwealth and Empire.

The Marshall Plan At Work: In Great Britain (1951):
Britain is portrayed as stricken with poverty, shortages and rationing in this film, which seeks to show how the Marshall Plan will help put the country back on its feet by 1952.

You In Great Britain (1954):
Designed for US service personnel posted to Britain in a Cold War world, this film celebrates the bonds between America and Britain as allies in the fight against Communism, and seeks to explain strange concepts like ‘the monarchy’, ‘pubs’ and ‘drinking tea’. There are stern warnings not to intimidate impoverished ‘Britishers’ with your superior spending power...and Larry Hagman appears as a young GI!

Language

English

Country

United States

Year of release

2006

Year of production

1943-1954

Subjects

History; Sociology

Keywords

social history; United Kingdom; United States Army; World War II

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£12.99

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

102 minutes

Year

2006

Sections

Title

Know Your Ally: Britain

Synopsis

This War Department film celebrates Britain’s lone stand against the Nazis in the early years of the war. It describes the British as the ‘toughest to understand’ of all the Allies and paints a picture of a nation with a great heritage but terrible coffee! (1943)

Title

Britain and her Empire

Synopsis

This production was originally intended for civilian viewing but adopted by the War Department. Again, it celebrates the sacrifices and achievements of the British people during wartime and takes the viewer on a whistle stop tour of the Commonwealth and Empire. (1946)

Title

Marshall Plan at Work, The: In Great Britain

Synopsis

Britain is portrayed as stricken with poverty, shortages and rationing in this film, which seeks to show how the Marshall Plan will help put the country back on its feet by 1952. (1951)

Title

You in Great Britain

Synopsis

Designed for US service personnel posted to Britain in a Cold War world, this film celebrates the bonds between America and Britain as allies in the fight against Communism, and seeks to explain strange concepts like ‘the monarchy’, ‘pubs’ and ‘drinking tea’. There are stern warnings not to intimidate impoverished ‘Britishers’ with your superior spending power...and Larry Hagman appears as a young GI (1954)

Distributor

 

Available from retail outlets

Name

Simply Media

Contact

Laura Smith

Email

info@simplymedia.tv

Web

http://www.simplymedia.tv/ External site opens in new window

Phone

0203 542 3722

Address

Highlight House
57 Margaret Street
London W1W 8SJ

Notes

Formerly known as DD Home Entertainment or DDHE