Fires Were Started (1943)

Directed by

Humphrey Jennings

Genre

documentary film, propaganda film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

14

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 51 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows a group of real firefighters through a single day and night during the Blitz. It shows their daily routines and then the dangerous work of putting out fires started by German bombing. The story focuses on the ordinary people doing a dangerous job.

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What happens

Fires Were Started (also known as I Was a Fireman ) is a 1943 British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings and produced by the Crown Film Unit. Filmed in documentary style, it shows the lives of firefighters over one day and night of the Blitz during the Second World War. The film uses actual firemen (including Cyril Demarne) rather than professional actors. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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