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
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 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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