Millions Like Us (1943)
- Directed by
- Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat
- Genre
- drama film, propaganda film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rating
- 5.6 of 10 from 15 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.
How it feels
This film follows a group of British women from different backgrounds who are conscripted to work in an aircraft factory during World War Two. It shows their daily lives, training, and the friendships that form among them as they support the war effort.
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What happens
Millions Like Us is a 1943 British propaganda film, showing life in a wartime aircraft factory in documentary detail. It stars Patricia Roc, Gordon Jackson, Anne Crawford, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Moore Marriott and Eric Portman. It was co-written and co-directed by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder. According to the British Film Institute database, this film is the first in an "unofficial trilogy", along with Two Thousand Women (1944) and Waterloo Road (1945). Radford and Wayne reprise their roles of Charters and Caldicott from The Lady Vanishes (1938) and Night Train to Munich (1941), both scripted by Launder and Gilliat and produced by Edward Black. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Biter Bit (1943)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.