THE HEART OF BRITAIN [Main Title]

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The industrial North and Midlands in Wartime.

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Opening views of countryside and cathedrals followed, for contrast, by industry. Sheffield (steelworkers, interview with one who is also an ARP warden). Lancashire (cotton workers, interview with roof-spotters). Liverpool ARP squad practice rescue work, women workers type, sort clothes. The "simplest, most difficult task of all" is described as "just staying put". Textile workers playing party-games in air-raid shelter, a Halle orchestra concert in Manchester conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent, Coventry bomb damage (with an interview with a WVS worker). Huddersfield choir shown, singing Handel's 'Messiah': "People who sing like that in times like these cannot be beaten." Film ends with a sequence based on the construction of a Whitley bomber to show Britain's power to hit back - "No-one with impunity troubles the heart of Britain."

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35mm

Object Details

Category: Film
Related period: Second World War (content)
Creator: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor)
Crown Film Unit (Production Company)
Jennings, Humphrey (Production individual)
Dalrymple, Ian Murray (Production individual)
McAllister, Stewart (Production individual)
Fowle, H E (Production individual)
Holmes, Jack (Production cast)
Production date: 1941-02
Place made: GB
Dimensions: whole: Number Of Items/reels/tapes 1
Catalogue number: UKY 269

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THE HEART OF BRITAIN [Main Title]

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