The New Lot (1943)

Directed by

Carol Reed

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

43 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British army documentary-drama from 1943 follows five new conscripts as they go through basic training. It shows the men coming from different backgrounds and learning to work together.

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What happens

The New Lot is a 1943 British military training drama-documentary film directed by Carol Reed and starring Eric Ambler, Robert Donat, Kathleen Harrison, Bernard Lee, Raymond Huntley, John Laurie, Peter Ustinov and Austin Trevor, with music by Richard Addinsell. It was written by Ustinov and Ambler. It was made for the Army Kinematograph Service, and follows five new conscripts from different backgrounds through their initial army training. The film's only on-screen credits are: "Supervised by an Officer appointed by the General Staff; Produced for the Directorate of Army Kinematography; Approved January 1943; AKS Production". The film was later expanded and remade as The Way Ahead (1944), co-written by Ambler and Ustinov, directed by Carol Reed, and starring David Niven. Huntley and Laurie reprised essentially the same roles, while Ustinov played a different part. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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