Crown Film Unit Movies

  • 1941
    Target for Tonight

    Target for Tonight

    Target for Tonight

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    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...

    Target for Tonight
  • 1951
    Out of True

    Out of True

    Out of True

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

    Out of True
  • 1943
    The Silent Village

    The Silent Village

    The Silent Village

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    The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales.

    The Silent Village
  • 1944
    Two Fathers

    Two Fathers

    Two Fathers

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    An Englishman and Frenchman sharing a hotel room discover their children are fighting on the same side, French Resistance and R.A.F.

    Two Fathers
  • 1943
    Fires Were Started

    Fires Were Started

    Fires Were Started

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

    Fires Were Started
  • 1941
    Words for Battle

    Words for Battle

    Words for Battle

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    Poetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence...

    Words for Battle
  • 1951
    Caribbean

    Caribbean

    Caribbean

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    Tradition, dance and song, modern customs and development and welfare services in the Caribbean Islands.

    Caribbean
  • 1950
    Four Men in Prison

    Four Men in Prison

    Four Men in Prison

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    Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."

    Four Men in Prison
  • 1949
    Daybreak in Udi

    Daybreak in Udi

    Daybreak in Udi

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    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...

    Daybreak in Udi
  • 1945
    A Diary for Timothy

    A Diary for Timothy

    A Diary for Timothy

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    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.

    A Diary for Timothy
  • 1951
    In on the Beam

    In on the Beam

    In on the Beam

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    Operation of the Airways Plan by means of which all traffic in air over Britain is controlled and directed for the ground.

    In on the Beam
  • 1942
    Malta G.C.

    Malta G.C.

    Malta G.C.

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    Short WW II documentary

    Malta G.C.
  • 1942
    Listen to Britain

    Listen to Britain

    Listen to Britain

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    A depiction of life in wartime Britain during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life and of the...

    Listen to Britain
  • 1946
    It Might Be You

    It Might Be You

    It Might Be You

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

    It Might Be You
  • 1951
    Life in Her Hands

    Life in Her Hands

    Life in Her Hands

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    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.

    Life in Her Hands
  • 1945
    The Broad Fourteens

    The Broad Fourteens

    The Broad Fourteens

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    Documentary: concerning the "terriers" of H.M. coastal Forces, the Motor Torpedo Boats. At a "working up base", the various members of the crew after...

    The Broad Fourteens
  • 1945
    The Channel Islands 1940-1945

    The Channel Islands 1940-1945

    The Channel Islands 1940-1945

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    The occupation of the Channel Islands.

    The Channel Islands 1940-1945
  • 1948
    Pop Goes the Weasel

    Pop Goes the Weasel

    Pop Goes the Weasel

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    The English nursery rhyme, Pop Goes The Weasel, has had various interpretations and by giving the title to this HM-Treasury sponsored picture, the...

    Pop Goes the Weasel
  • 1948
    A Yank Comes Back

    A Yank Comes Back

    A Yank Comes Back

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    In a follow up to 'A Welcome to Britain', Burgess Meredith returns to look at a post-war Britain.

    A Yank Comes Back
  • 1942
    Builders

    Builders

    Builders

    01942HD

    A short film about how builders help contribute to the war effort.

    Builders