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Humphrey Jennings Films
A pioneer of the war documentary movement, Humphrey Jennings films are amongst the greatest British works of all time. Fires Were Started, his most celebrated film, is an exemplar of the subtly moving and intimate film-making he achieved despite producing what was merely government propaganda. Jennings had an entraordinary ability to discover th... show more > Recommended Films directed by Humphrey Jennings
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I Was A Fireman (Humphrey Jennings Collection)1942-44, Humphrey Jennings, DVD Features three films from the man described by Lindsay Anderson as perhaps 'the only true poet of the English cinema': Listen to Britain, Diary for Timothy (both from the newly-made BFI 2004 prints) and I Was a Fireman. In Listen to Britain, Jenni... £13.99 RRP: £15.99
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The Complete Humphrey Jennings Volume 1: The First Days1934-40, Humphrey Jennings, DVD+Blu-ray Humphrey Jennings (1907-1950), one of Britain's greatest documentary filmmakers, is best known for films which beautifully evoke everyday heroism in times of war and peace. Combining poetic observation and humanism with a subtle but intense nation... £14.99 RRP: £19.99
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The GPO Film Unit Collection: Volume 3 - If War Should Come1939-40, Humphrey Jennings, Alberto Cavalcanti, Harry Watt, Ralph Elton, DVD This concluding third volume of films from the GPO Film Unit features the final films produced by the Unit between 1939-41 before it was renamed the Crown Film Unit and incorporated into the Films Division of the Ministry of Information. This peri... £20.49 RRP: £24.99
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The GPO Classics Collection: Britain At War - The First Days1939-40, Humphrey Jennings, Pat Jackson, Harry Watt, DVD Three GPO Film Unit documentaries showing the effect on the British people of the first 2 years of War. Features The First Days (Jennings, Jackson & Watt, 1939) which captures the strange atmosphere of preparation for war, The Front Line (Watt, 19... £13.99 RRP: £15.99
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 Our Country / The Dim Little Island1944, Humphrey Jennings, John Eldridge, DVD In Our Country, directed by John Eldridge, the steadfastness of the British people is a source of reassurance to a sailor on leave. With stirring words by Dylan Thomas, rousing music from William Alwyn and camerawork from Jo Jago, this film gives ... £14.99 RRP: £19.99
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 The True Story Of Lili Marlene / Before The Raid1943, Humphrey Jennings, DVD Marius Goring narrates Humphrey Jennings' film of the extraordinary story of Lale Andersen, the singer whose record became a battle song for troops on both sides in World War II. Goebbels detested the song and contrived to have Andersen placed in ... £14.99 RRP: £19.99
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The GPO Classics Collection: Britain at War - Under Fire1940-41, Humphrey Jennings, Harry Watt, Davi MacDonald, DVD Five films from the GPO Film Unit in wartime. Features 'Britain Can Take It' (Jennings & Watt, 1940), which American journalist Quentin Reynolds took directly to President Roosevelt in the White House where it was used to swing public opinion behi... £13.99 RRP: £15.99
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 At The Coal Face1948, Humphrey Jennings, DVD With miners and management as actors, The Cumberland Story, directed by Humphrey Jennings, is a true account of the modernisation of the mines in the 1940s. It includes a dramatic reconstruction of the Ladypit disaster of 1837, when callous mine-o... £15.99 RRP: £19.99
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 Britons Under Siege1940-50, Humphrey Jennings, Harry Watt, DVD A boxed set collecting together three compilations of war documentaries. Features Fishermen At War, London Pride, and We Forgot About Germany. Fishermen at War: A collection of wartime documentaries about the dangers faced in the Atlantic by me... £23.99 RRP: £29.99
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 40s Britain: Our Country1940s, Humphrey Jennings, John Eldridge, Kay Mander, DVD A box set that collects together the three releases Our Country/The Dim Little Island, At The Coal Face (featuring The Cumberland Story and Rhondda and Wye), and Twenty Four Square Miles/An English Village. In Our Country, directed by John Eldr... £24.49 RRP: £30.63
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 40s Britain: Welcome to Britain Collection1940s, Humphrey Jennings, DVD A collection of three documentaries. Features 'Women and Children at War', 'The True Story of Lili Marlene'/'Before the Raid', and 'A Welcome to Britain'/'Letter from Ulster'. £24.49 RRP: £30.63
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