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Dover, Spring 1947

Dover, Spring 1947

1947•12m
Documentary

Dover made over: this quirky and pointed public information film reveals how the heavily-bombed and shelled Kent town was being replanned after the war. The filmmakers cleverly and entertainintly capture our attention by opening on travelogue cliches that they quickly undercut. It's not white cliffs and rolling hills they want to tell us about. It's present-day Dover - remaking itself in the crisp freshness of a postwar spring.

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Production

Ministry of Health, COI, Data Film Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Walt Staskow

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