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  1. They Keep the Wheels Turning (1942 Film)

    Subject
    Economics; History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Stresses the importance of repairing existing civilian vehicles as a means of shielding new vehicle production for military priority and shows the ability of women to take on this sort of work. It also...

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  2. Wales, Green Mountain, Black Mountain (1942 Film)

    Director
    John Eldridge
    Producer
    Donald Taylor
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    An impressionistic survey of Wales at war. Shows industries revitalised by the war effort: steelworks, dockyards, quarries and pitheads at the Rhondda mines. Includes footage of Wales during the depression...

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  3. Warwork News. No 3 (1942 Film)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    'Warwork News’ is a series of short newsreels produced during World War 2 for distribution in British factories. ‘British enter France’: This account of the combined operation against Dieppe relies...

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  4. Worker and Warfront. No 3 (1942 Film)

    Director
    Duncan Ross
    Producer
    Paul Rotha
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    An example of the newsreels produced by Rotha’s company for the Ministry of Information. Shows dockers contributing to the battle of the Atlantic; the effects of losing park railings for scrap metal; the...

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  5. I was a Fireman (1942 Film, Video)

    aka: Fires Were Started

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings
    Producer
    Ian Dalrymple
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £15.99

    One day in the life of an Auxiliary Fire Service unit in the London Blitz. This is the full version of the cinema classic FIRES WERE STARTED, which captured the mood of a Britain under siege. Using real...

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  6. Keeping the Wheels Turning: Women and Children at War 1939-1945 (1942 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 72 min., 2004 sale: £18.99 (inc VAT +p&p)

    A compilation of seven short films produced by the Ministry of Information on the activities of women and children whose lives were affected in various ways by the World War 2. Focuses on women in factories,...

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  7. Cema (1942 Film)

    aka: C.E.M.A.

    Director
    Desmond Dickinson; John Banting; Charles de Lautour; Alan Osbiston; Peter Graham-Scott; Dylan Thomas
    Producer
    Alexander Shaw
    Subject
    Drama

    A documentary about the precursor to the Arts Council, the wartime Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA), featuring an introduction by education minister R A Butler, an art exhibition in...

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  8. Dawn Guard, The (1941 Film)

    Director
    Roy Boulting
    Producer
    John Boulting
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Two ordinary citizens enrolled in the Home Guard reflect on the war and express their total commitment not only to the defence of Britain, but to the defeat of Fascism.

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  9. Deutsche Panzer (German Tanks) (1941 Film)

    Director
    Walter Ruttmann
    Subject
    Engineering; History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the planning, construction and completion of German tanks. There is almost no dialogue apart from a loudspeaker announcement of a tank victory.

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  10. Il Dottor Churkill (1941 Film)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A cartoon portraying Churchill as a Jekyll and Hyde figure. In the vaults of the spooky Bank of England Churchill mixes solutions of democracy, fraternity and liberty to produce a concoction which turns him...

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