Apr 12, 1943
70 min
Full-HD

Fires Were Started (1943)

British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings, filmed in documentary style showing the lives of firefighters through the Blitz in World War II.

Category

Drama War

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

Crown Film Unit

Phillip Wilson-Dickson

Walters (uncredited)

George Gravett

Dykes (uncredited)

Fred Griffiths

Johnny Daniels (uncredited)

Johnny Houghton

S.H. Jackson (uncredited)

Loris Rey

J. Rumbold (uncredited)

William Sansom

Fireman Playing the Piano (uncredited)

T.P. Smith

John Barker

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