Humphrey Jennings Movies
- 1945
A Diary for Timothy
A Diary for Timothy6.61945HD
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.
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- 2025
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain02025HD
Documentary about Humphrey Jennings, an English documentary filmmaker from the 1930s to 1950.
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- 1943
Fires Were Started
Fires Were Started6.0111943HD
British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings, filmed in documentary style showing the lives of firefighters through the Blitz in World War...
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- 1940
London Can Take It!
London Can Take It!6.6521940HD
A tribute to the courage and resiliency of Britons during the darkest days of the London Blitz.
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- 1935
Coal Face
Coal Face6.11935HD
1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.
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- 1941
Words for Battle
Words for Battle6.21941HD
Poetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence...
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- 1941
The Heart of Britain
The Heart of Britain6.751941HD
Documentary by Humphrey Jennings
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- 1943
The Silent Village
The Silent Village6.81943HD
The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales.
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- 1940
Welfare of the Workers
Welfare of the Workers61940HD
A story of sacrifice, in which organised labour voluntarily relinquishes hard-won workplace rights after being asked "to give up by choice what...
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- 1938
Speaking from America
Speaking from America5.51938HD
Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings about transatlantic telecommunications. This film is structured around British attempts to prevent the V1...
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- 1950
Family Portrait
Family Portrait5.81950HD
In preparation for the celebration of the 1951 Festival of Britain, this short film was released to assure British citizens of their nation's place...
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- 1949
The Dim Little Island
The Dim Little Island01949HD
Osbert Lancaster, James Fisher, John Ormston and Ralph Vaughn Williams meditate on the history and culture of England.
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- 1942
Listen to Britain
Listen to Britain6.111942HD
A depiction of life in wartime Britain during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life and of the...
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- 1936
The Birth of the Robot
The Birth of the Robot6.81936HD
This experiment was a “prestige advertisement” for Shell Motor Oil. As conventional animation became dominated by Walt Disney, many...
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- 1944
The True Story of Lili Marlene
The True Story of Lili Marlene61944HD
The Eighth Army famously adopted a German song in the Western Desert. The Crown Film Unit traces the journey of Lili Marlene from its composition in...
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- 1934
The Story of the Wheel
The Story of the Wheel5.51934HD
The history of wheels, roads and vehicles from cavemen to the coming of steam.
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- 1935
BBC: The Voice of Britain
BBC: The Voice of Britain01935HD
An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.
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- 1939
S.S. Ionian
S.S. Ionian6.21939HD
Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings
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- 1934
Locomotives
Locomotives61934HD
Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings
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- 1938
The Farm
The Farm6.21938HD
Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings
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