Underplayed Gems

Know Your Ally: Britain (1944)

Know Your Ally: Britain poster
Directed by
Robert Stevenson
Genre
documentary film, war film, propaganda film
Country
United States
Runtime
42 min
Rating
4.6 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This film was made by the U.S. government to teach American soldiers about Britain and its people during World War Two. It shows British life and customs with the goal of building friendship between the two nations.

educationalpatrioticupbeatmatter-of-factoptimisticformalinstructionalreassuring

What happens

Know Your Ally: Britain is a 42-minute propaganda film made in 1944. It was narrated by Walter Huston and produced by the United States War Department and Signal Corps to solidify Anglo-American solidarity within the ranks as well as counter Nazi propaganda aimed at weakening the Alliance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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