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Fires Were Started

Humphrey Jennings • 1h 1m

Directed by Humphrey Jennings • Documentary • 1943 • 63 minutes

A dramatisation of the work of the National Fire Service during the Fire Blitz of the winter and spring of 1940/41.

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blitz, clad, classic, drama, expository, firefighting, fires were started, his, history, narrative, national fire service, ovid, world war ii, wwii

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