Crown Film Unit Movies

  • 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
  • 1941
    Ordinary People

    Ordinary People

    Ordinary People

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    Documentary about an average day during the Blitz.

    Ordinary People
  • 1942
    Builders

    Builders

    Builders

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

    Builders
  • 1951
    Caribbean

    Caribbean

    Caribbean

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

    Caribbean
  • 1942
    Coastal Command

    Coastal Command

    Coastal Command

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    Documentary style presentation of the work of RAF Coastal Command. Shows their work in protecting convoys and attacking enemy aircraft, ships and U-bo...

    Coastal Command
  • 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 I...

    Fires Were Started
  • 1941
    Merchant Seamen

    Merchant Seamen

    Merchant Seamen

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    A story acted and narrated by men of the Merchant Navy illustrates the way their war is fought: a merchant ship in convoy is sunk by a torpedo; the cr...

    Merchant Seamen
  • 1942
    Listen to Britain

    Listen to Britain

    Listen to Britain

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

    Listen to Britain
  • 1944
    V1

    V1

    V1

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    Depicts the aftermath of German air raids on Britain with V1 rockets during World War II.

    V1
  • 1942
    Ferry Pilot

    Ferry Pilot

    Ferry Pilot

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    Focuses on the work of the Air Transport Auxiliary or ATA. By 1941, literally hundreds of RAF fighters and bombers needed to be flown each day between...

    Ferry Pilot
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 op...

    Daybreak in Udi
  • 1946
    Jungle Mariners

    Jungle Mariners

    Jungle Mariners

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    A party of eight Royal Marines patrol the jungle in the South East Asia Command Area.

    Jungle Mariners
  • 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 nervou...

    Out of True
  • 1949
    The People at No. 19

    The People at No. 19

    The People at No. 19

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    Reported cases of sexually transmitted disease took a sharp rise during and after World War II, but as this film testifies, sexual license amongst sol...

    The People at No. 19
  • 1943
    A Letter from Ulster

    A Letter from Ulster

    A Letter from Ulster

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    A Letter From Ulster (1943). Northern Ireland's greatest film director Brian Desmond Hurst directed the film and his assistant director was fellow Uls...

    A Letter from Ulster
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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