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  1. These Are the Men (1943 Film)

    Producer
    Donald Taylor
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    This film is almost unique in British Second World War film propaganda. Whereas films like HEART OF BRITAIN and BRITAIN AT BAY stress the importance of those qualities of British life that would be destroyed...

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  2. Listen to Britain (1942 Film, Video)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings; Stewart McAllister
    Producer
    Ian Dalrymple
    Subject
    History; Music
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    'The music of a people at war - the sound of life in Britain by night and day.' Records the roar of Spitfires and tanks, the noise of furnaces and factories, the march of miners and soldiers, music and songs...

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  3. Target for Tonight (1941 Film, Video)

    Director
    Harry Watt
    Producer
    Ian Dalrymple
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Illustrates the work of the Bomber Command in World War 2. Shows what it was like to fly on some of the earliest Wellington bomber raids agains Nazi Germany, following the fictional ‘F for Freddie’ on a...

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  4. Squadron 992 (1940 Video)

    Director
    Harry Watt
    Producer
    Alberto Cavalcanti
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 26 min.

    In response to a request for a film that showed the importance of balloon barrage, Harry Watt made this drama-documentary about the training of a balloon squadron and its first assignment to the Forth...

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  5. City, The 3 (1939 Video)

    Director
    Ralph Elton
    Producer
    Alberto Cavalcanti
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w?. 19 min.

    Sir Charles Bressey talks about the Bressey Report and urges its implementation. The film also illustrates the growth of london since the late 19th century, the work of the ministry of Transport Research...

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  6. Islanders, The (1939 Video)

    Director
    Maurice Harvey; Stewart McAllister
    Producer
    J.B. Holmes
    Subject
    Anthropology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 17 min.

    A documentary showing life on Eriskay, Guernsey and Inner Farne islands linked to Britain by means of the Post Office. Music by Darius Milhaud.

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