"Listen to Britain" is a 20-minute black-and-white documentary from the days of World War II almost 75 years ago. The two directors, Humphrey Jenning and Stewart McAllister both died pretty early and this may be the most known film they made. It was nominated for an Academy Award although that really was not that much of an achievement as there were over 20 nominees in the documentary category that year and four winners too. In here you see basically all kinds of aspects from life in Britain back in the day: civilians, industry worked, soldiers and even some landscape recordings. Obviously, there is also quite some patriotic touch to it. You had to be proud of Britannia and believe in her. However, from the filmmaking perspective I cannot see anything particularly interesting or outstanding here. It's worth a watch for historians, but everybody else does not have to see it.
Review of Listen to Britain
