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

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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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