The United Kingdom has had a profound impact on modern cinema and has one the most respected film industries in the world. Despite a history of successful productions, the industry is characterised by an ongoing debate about its identity and the influences of Cinema of the United States and European cinema, although it is fair to say a brief 'gol... directed by Humphrey Jennings
Humphrey Jennings
Humphrey Jennings , was an England filmmaker and one of the founders of the Mass Observation organization. Jennings was described by film maker Lindsay Anderson as: "the only real poet that British cinema has yet produced."... . It was produced by Basil Wright
Basil Wright
Basil Wright, , was an England Documentary film filmmaker, film historian, film critic and teacher.... for the Crown Film Unit
Crown Film Unit
The Crown Film Unit was an organisation within the British Government's Ministry of Information during World War II. Formerly the GPO Film Unit it became the Crown Film Unit in 1940.... .
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The United Kingdom has had a profound impact on modern cinema and has one the most respected film industries in the world. Despite a history of successful productions, the industry is characterised by an ongoing debate about its identity and the influences of Cinema of the United States and European cinema, although it is fair to say a brief 'gol... directed by Humphrey Jennings
Humphrey Jennings
Humphrey Jennings , was an England filmmaker and one of the founders of the Mass Observation organization. Jennings was described by film maker Lindsay Anderson as: "the only real poet that British cinema has yet produced."... . It was produced by Basil Wright
Basil Wright
Basil Wright, , was an England Documentary film filmmaker, film historian, film critic and teacher.... for the Crown Film Unit
Crown Film Unit
The Crown Film Unit was an organisation within the British Government's Ministry of Information during World War II. Formerly the GPO Film Unit it became the Crown Film Unit in 1940.... .
The narration was written by the British author EM Forster and is spoken by Michael Redgrave
Michael Redgrave
Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave Order of the British Empire was a well-known English people stage and film actor, director, manager and author.... .
Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television... television by Kevin MacDonald in 2000,it was revealed that the baby who was the subject of the film (Timothy Jenkins) later moved to Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is a city on the south coast of England and, with its neighbours Hove and Portslade, forms the Brighton and Hove.The ancient settlement of Brighthelmston dates from before the Domesday Book , but it emerged as a health resort during the 18th Century and became a destination for day-trippers after the arrival of the railway in... in the 1960s and became a mod
Mod
Mod or mods may refer to:In culture and music:*Mod , 1960s British youth subculture*Mod revival, a rebirth of the mod subculture in the late 1970s... before settling down to become a teacher;he died in November 2000.
