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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1943-04-12
Languageen
Runtime1h 10m
Production

Crown Film Unit

6.1(51)
•1943•1h 10m

Fires Were Started

DramaWar

Overview

British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings, filmed in documentary style showing the lives of firefighters through the Blitz in World War II.

Writing & Screenplay
Humphrey Jennings

Principal Cast

8 credited
PW
Phillip Wilson-DicksonWalters (uncredited)
GG
George GravettDykes (uncredited)
Fred Griffiths
Fred GriffithsJohnny Daniels (uncredited)
JH
Johnny HoughtonS.H. Jackson (uncredited)
LR
Loris ReyJ. Rumbold (uncredited)
WS
William SansomFireman Playing the Piano (uncredited)
TS
T.P. Smith
JB
John Barker

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