Humphrey Jennings Compilation

A compilation of works by Humphrey Jennings. “Fires Were Started”: Jenning’s only semi-documentary feature about a waterfront fire service station during the blitz in London. “Listen to Britain”: production of the sights and sounds of people at war, without commentary. “Words for Battle”: spoken. “True story of Lili Marlene”: dramatic reconstruction of the British counter-propaganda campaign against the popular German forces programme from Belgrade Radio.

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Credits

director

Humphrey Jennings

Duration

01:57:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1941

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324737

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Great Britain

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Fires

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain

Places → Great Britain

War films

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1941

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