I was a fireman [videorecording - DVD] / A film by Humphrey Jennings

By: Material type: FilmFilmPublication details: Britain : Film First, 2008Description: 1 videodisc (184 min,) : sd. b&w. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Summary: Features three films from the man described by Lindsay Anderson as 'the only true poet of the English Cinema'. The feature-length 'I Was a Fireman', the story of 24 hours in the life of a fire crew during the Blitz, is an innovative work that should be as iconic to British cinema as Vigo's 'L'Atalante' is to French. In Listen to Britain, Jennings collects and edits the sounds and sights of wartime Britain into an extraordinarily moving and effective collage. Diary for Timothy is a film that is relevant for every generation and bears repeated viewings. The latter two films are struck from newly made BFI prints. Also included is the 50 minute bonus film, Kevin MacDonald's 'Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain'
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Shortened version issued under the title: Fires were started, Originally produced: Crown Film Unit, 1942

Features three films from the man described by Lindsay Anderson as 'the only true poet of the English Cinema'. The feature-length 'I Was a Fireman', the story of 24 hours in the life of a fire crew during the Blitz, is an innovative work that should be as iconic to British cinema as Vigo's 'L'Atalante' is to French. In Listen to Britain, Jennings collects and edits the sounds and sights of wartime Britain into an extraordinarily moving and effective collage. Diary for Timothy is a film that is relevant for every generation and bears repeated viewings. The latter two films are struck from newly made BFI prints. Also included is the 50 minute bonus film, Kevin MacDonald's 'Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain'

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