Listen To Britain

This film is not currently available on DVD. Film Description Humphrey Jennings's sublime poetic documentary of the sounds of Britain in the midst of war. It's 19 seamless minutes of images and sounds that requires viewing time and again for its beauty, connections and the economy with which it tells vast stories of the human spirit. Jennings shared the directorial credit with his editor Stewart McAllister.

Film Details Director Stewart McAllister / Humphrey Jennings Starring   Country UK Language ENGLISH   Year 1942

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Review by Mark Piper on 23rd September 1999

'Listen to Britain' for me, is Humphrey Jennings in his prime. Relying totally on the sights and sounds of wartime Britain, the role of narrator is totally dispensed with, allowing the audience's intelligence and emotions to guide us through the film's 45 mins. No other film stirs feelings of patriotism in me like this one.

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Article - "British Second World War Films" by Jonathon Hamer
Sunday 1st July 2001

Much has been written about the golden era of British films. In the book The Finest Years: British Cinema of the 1940’s, Charles Drazin underlines the importance of the Second World War as an inspiration to filmmakers. The nation suddenly found itself galvaniz...  View article in full

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