Listen to Britain
Humphrey Jennings, Stewart McAllister
1942 - Grande-Bretagne - Noir & Blanc - 20'
Photography : H.E. Fowle
Sound : Ken Cameron
Editing : Humphrey Jennings, Stewart McAllister
Production : Crown Film Unit
Distribution : BFI (fleur.buckley@bfi.org.uk, +44 (020) 7957 4709)
Humphrey Jennings, Stewart McAllister
1942 - Grande-Bretagne - Noir & Blanc - 20'
Jennings' most celebrated film represents the pinnacle of his associative non-narrative methods of construction, using little commentary and only natural sounds to evoke a day in the life of Britain during the Blitz. Images of factory work are juxtaposed with the dance hall — fighting men with women in machine shops. The Old Bailey has become an ambulance station, and tanks rumble past an English teashop in a picture postcard village. Through surreal association the film expresses the indivisibility and unity of Britain.
Photography : H.E. Fowle
Sound : Ken Cameron
Editing : Humphrey Jennings, Stewart McAllister
Production : Crown Film Unit
Distribution : BFI (fleur.buckley@bfi.org.uk, +44 (020) 7957 4709)