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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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  • 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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  • 1942
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    Listen to Britain
    Listen to Britain

    6.08 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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    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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  • 1949
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    Daybreak in Udi
    Daybreak in Udi

    4.30 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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  • 1942
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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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  • 1951
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    The White Continent
    The White Continent

    1 1951 HD

    An account of the first expedition to the Queen Maud Land region of Antarctica.

    Genre: Documentary

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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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  • 1951
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    Life in Her Hands
    Life in Her Hands

    1 1951 HD

    A woman blames herself for her husband's death. To overcome her grief and her guilt she becomes a nurse but then a patient dies while under her care.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Kathleen Byron

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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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  • 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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    Out of True
    Out of True

    6.00 1951 HD

    A BAFTA award nominated fictional drama about young Molly Slade who awakens one morning in a depressed state that gradually leads to a complete...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jane Hylton

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  • 1941
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    Target for Tonight
    Target for Tonight

    6.10 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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  • 1950
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    The Good Housewife in Her Kitchen
    The Good Housewife in Her Kitchen

    1 1950 HD

    Short public information film showing housewives' efficient and hygienic methods of food storage.

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 1946
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    It Might Be You
    It Might Be You

    1 1946 HD

    A doctor talks about the number of injuries and deaths resulting from automobile accidents.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Alfie Bass

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  • 1944
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    V1
    V1

    1 1944 HD

    Depicts the aftermath of German air raids on Britain with V1 rockets during World War II.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Fletcher Markle

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  • 1941
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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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  • 1942
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    Malta G.C.
    Malta G.C.

    1 1942 HD

    Short WW II documentary

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Laurence Olivier

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  • 1948
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    Queen o’ the Border
    Queen o’ the Border

    1 1948 HD

    A portrait of Hawick, pronounced 'hoik' by the locals, a town in the Scottish Borders. The film was shot in Technichrome - a vibrant colour system...

    Genre: Documentary

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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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