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Fires Were Started

Fires Were Started

1943•1h 10m•6.0/10
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6.0/10(49)

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

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Production

Crown Film Unit

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Phillip Wilson-Dickson

Walters (uncredited)

George Gravett

Dykes (uncredited)

Fred Griffiths

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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