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  1. Home Front Britain with Jim Carter (2011)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings; Ruby Grierson; Jack Lee; Brian Desmond Hurst
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 270 minutes), £19.99

    The six-part documentary series, Home Front Britain With Jim Carter, looks at the British home front during World War II. Presented by British actor Jim Carter, the series explores the archives of British...

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  2. They Also Serve (1940 Film)

    Director
    Ruby Grierson
    Producer
    John Taylor
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A tribute to the British housewife. Set in the format of a day in the life of a ‘typical’ household, shows how the housewife/mother has in her own way contributed much to the war effort. Unlike many of...

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  3. Today and Tomorrow (1937 Film)

    Director
    Ralph Bond; Ruby Grierson
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Anticipates and advocates certain aspects of social service that were later incorporated into the legislation of the welfare state.

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  4. Today we Live: A Film of Life in Britain (1936)

    Director
    Ralph Bond; Ruby Grierson
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    ? min.

    Excerpts. With the help of the National Council of Social Service, unemployed miners in the Rhondda build an occupational centre, and the villagers in South Cerney in Gloucestershire build a village hall

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