Listen to Britain (1942)

02/01/1942Documentary20m
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Overview

A depiction of life in wartime Britain during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life and of the turmoil and privation caused by the war, all without narration.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Leonard Brockington

    Self - Foreword by

  2. Joseph Macleod

    Self - BBC Newsreader (voice)

  3. Bud Flanagan

    Self - Flanagan & Allen

  4. Chesney Allen

    Self - Flanagan & Allen

  5. Myra Hess

    Self - Pianist

  6. Cast 1

    Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

    Self - in Audience (uncredited)

There’s something about the communality here that’s quite striking. From masses of people eating in the work’s canteen whilst listening to Flanagan and Allen through to a more demure concert in the National Gallery in the presence of HM The Queen, people of all shapes and sizes, classes and ranks gather together to eat, to dance, to sing and to work - and with no narration, we watch and listen for a twenty minutes that is quite poignant. From the land army, the spotters, the fire wardens and those working on the railways and in heavy engineering, we see women of all ages carrying out the cruci...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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