No community ratings yet on FilmStash · 0 membersOne score per member · Verified member ratings
Poetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence Olivier, illuminate documentary footage of England during its defense against the Nazi blitz in World War II. This short film serves as both propaganda and as a rallying cry to the British people.Read moreLess
Poetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence Olivier, illuminate documentary footage of England during its defense against the Nazi blitz in World War II. This short film serves as both propaganda and as a rallying cry to the British people.
The story
Poetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence Olivier, illuminate documentary footage of England during its defense against the Nazi blitz in World War II. This short film serves as both propaganda and as a rallying cry to the British people.
Cast & crew
Laurence OlivierNarrator (voice)
Winston ChurchillSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph GoebbelsSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Explore the crew
- Director
- Humphrey Jennings
- Producer
- Ian Dalrymple
- Editor
- Stewart McAllister