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  • 1942
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    Listen to Britain
    Listen to Britain

    6.10 1942 HD

    A depiction of life in wartime England during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life and of the...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Chesney Allen

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  • 1943
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    Fires Were Started
    Fires Were Started

    6.10 1943 HD

    British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings, filmed in documentary style showing the lives of firefighters through the Blitz in World War...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: George Gravett

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  • 1949
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    Daybreak in Udi
    Daybreak in Udi

    4.40 1949 HD

    An African tribe in the Eastern Nigerian village of Umana work to build a maternity hospital, with the aid of government officials, and against the...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: E.R. Chadwick

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  • 1950
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    Four Men in Prison
    Four Men in Prison

    1 1950 HD

    Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: William Mervyn

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  • 1945
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    A Diary for Timothy
    A Diary for Timothy

    6.60 1945 HD

    A narrator recounts the state of Great Britain near the end of WWII via a visual diary for the titular baby boy born in September 1944.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Michael Redgrave

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  • 1952
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    The Open Window
    The Open Window

    6.00 1952 HD

    One of the first European films commissioned by the countries that signes the Brussels treaty and filmed in the museums of Brussels, Amsterdam,...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Roger Pigout

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  • 1946
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    Instruments of the Orchestra
    Instruments of the Orchestra

    1 1946 HD

    British educational documentary film about the principal instruments in the modern symphony orchestra, illustrated through Benjamin Britten's...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Malcolm Sargent

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  • 1949
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    The People at No. 19
    The People at No. 19

    4.50 1949 HD

    Reported cases of sexually transmitted disease took a sharp rise during and after World War II, but as this film testifies, sexual license amongst...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Desmond Carrington

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  • 1941
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    Ordinary People
    Ordinary People

    1 1941 HD

    Documentary about an average day during the Blitz.

    Genre: Documentary

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    This Is England
    This Is England

    6.00 1941 HD

    Edward R. Murrow narrates Humphrey Jennings' short documentary about life in England during wartime.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Edward R. Murrow

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    Ferry Pilot
    Ferry Pilot

    5.00 1942 HD

    Focuses on the work of the Air Transport Auxiliary or ATA. By 1941, literally hundreds of RAF fighters and bombers needed to be flown each day...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 1942
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    Builders
    Builders

    1 1942 HD

    A short film about how builders help contribute to the war effort.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: John Hilton

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  • 1943
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    The Silent Village
    The Silent Village

    6.80 1943 HD

    The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales.

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 1948
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    A Yank Comes Back
    A Yank Comes Back

    1 1948 HD

    In a follow up to 'A Welcome to Britain', Burgess Meredith returns to look at a post-war Britain.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Burgess Meredith

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  • 1941
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    Words for Battle
    Words for Battle

    6.20 1941 HD

    Poetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Laurence Olivier

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  • 1941
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    Target for Tonight
    Target for Tonight

    5.83 1941 HD

    This is the authentic story of a bombing raid on Germany... how it is planned and how it is executed. Every person seen in the picture is a member of...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Percy Charles Pickard

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  • 1945
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    The Channel Islands 1940-1945
    The Channel Islands 1940-1945

    4.00 1945 HD

    The occupation of the Channel Islands.

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 1944
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    Two Fathers
    Two Fathers

    7.00 1944 HD

    An Englishman and Frenchman sharing a hotel room discover their children are fighting on the same side, French Resistance and R.A.F.

    Genre: War

    Cast: Paul Bonifas

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  • 1943
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    A Letter from Ulster
    A Letter from Ulster

    1 1943 HD

    A Letter From Ulster (1943). Northern Ireland's greatest film director Brian Desmond Hurst directed the film and his assistant director was fellow...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 1951
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    Mary's Birthday
    Mary's Birthday

    4.50 1951 HD

    The flower fairies help a little girl named Mary to thwart germs.

    Genre: Animation

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