Westward Ho! (1940)
- Directed by
- Thorold Dickinson
- Genre
- propaganda film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 9 min
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 2.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This short film shows the evacuation of children from cities to the countryside during World War Two. It aims to encourage public support for the policy by presenting it as a necessary and organized effort.
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What happens
Westward Ho! is a 1940 British short public information film directed by Thorold Dickinson about the evacuation of children during the Second World War. At the time, evacuation was a controversial policy, and the film was produced with the aim of building support for it. Westward Ho! was the first of a series of five-minute propaganda films distributed weekly to cinemas between 1940 and 1942. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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