" KNOW YOUR ALLY: BRITAIN " WWII DOCUMENTARY FILM BY FRANK CAPRA ANGLO-AMERICAN RELATIONS 32144
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- "Know Your Ally: Britain" is a 45-minute propaganda film made in 1944. It was narrated by Walter Huston and produced by the US War Department and Signal Corps to solidify Anglo-American solidarity within the ranks as well as counter Nazi propaganda. The film shows several peculiarities about Britain, but contends that when it comes to topics that matter such as democracy, freedom, and resistance to Nazism the British and Americans look eye to eye. It also defends Britain’s Empire, by arguing that mainland Britain has lost disproportionately more soldiers and that those fighting from the colonies did so voluntarily.
0:08 overview of different allied soldiers, 0:39 a map comparing Britain to Idaho, 0:53 shots from London, 1:16 comparison between American and British houses, 2:22 Tower Bridge in London and traffic on the Thames, 3:00 shots of everyday life from Britain and the US including sports and children, 3:35 a Nazi Party rally with Adolf Hitler, 3:59 headlines from the annexation of Czechoslovakia, 4:18 memorials in Britain to the First World War, 4:35 Hitler, Chamberlain, Mussolini, and Daladier during the signing of the Munich Agreement, 5:11 British conscripts trying on their uniforms and training, 5:29 Hitler laughing, 5:54 British aircraft dropping leaflets in Germany, 6:13 footage from the German invasion of the Benelux countries, 6:45 map showing early German victories in the war, 7:12 people listening to radios as Churchill speaks, 7:30 fires burning in English cities during German aerial bombardments, 8:36 British soldiers in Greece, 8:50 British soldiers surrendering in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Burma, 9:11 British bombers taking off from an airfield, 9:29 British Spitfires firing at naval targets, 9:58 aerial view of German cities being bombed, 10:43 British and German troops fighting in North Africa, 12:49 scenes of destruction in London, 13:33 Hitler giving a speech followed by British Nazi Party member speaking, 14:16 comparisons between the US and Britain including driving, sports, and coffee quality, 15:04 an American and British Officer listening to radio, 15:35 British and American soldiers fraternizing, 15:45 similarities between American and Britain including democracy, freedom of speech, free press, and religious freedoms, 16:28 the Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, and the US Constitution, 17:16 George Washington Statue at Trafalgar Square, 17:58 shots of farmers, miners, steelworkers, and children where it is unclear whether they are American or British, 18:28 King’s Guard marching during a royal ceremony, 19:19 King George VI during his coronation followed by shots of the royal family and the King being displayed as a representative of the people, 21:12 different shots of British workers, 22:20 a German propagandist speaking into a microphone, 22:37 a map comparing German annexations to the British Empire, 23:04 Foreign Secretary Antony Eden giving a speech, 23:30 bombed buildings in Britain, 23:45 Winston Churchill speaking in front of Congress, 24:13 map showing different British colonies that have since become independent, 25:04 street and government scenes from British rule in India, 26:04 Prime Minister of South Africa Jan Smuts speaking about India, 26:45 Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Nehru, and Mohammed Ali Jinnah, 27:15 a map of India showing its role in the war, 27:32 map showing how British troops in colonies are stopping the Nazis, 28:00 Nazi propagandists speaking into a microphone, 28:33 statistics showing how many of the dead soldiers are British, 29:33 British merchant ships in the Atlantic, 29:54 an English ship being torpedoed and the crew evacuates, 30:43 Hermann Göring, 31:03 Arthur Brown who made the first non-stop transatlantic flight, 31:34 a man peeling potatoes, 31:45 British conscripts of different ages, 32:17 women in uniform and working in essential war plants, 33:08 aerial overview of the steel mills of Sheffield, 33:57 Shipyards of the River Clyde, 34:11 Industry in Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, and Leeds, 34:27 war goods being manufactured, 34:48 map showing lend-lease routes 35:22 two Americans walking through a picturesque English town, 35:48 overview of rationed goods including lipstick, clothes, stockings, gas, and whiskey, 36:35 overview of different American machines that have been exported to the UK, 36:58 a British person buying very expensive cigarettes followed by an overview of new tax rates, 37:41 overview of different British workers, 38:19 children being fed in a canteen, 38:48 Churchill speaking to Congress, 39:42 British soldiers marching,
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My father was in Burma serving alongside the RNZAF; my uncle Vernon served right through from North Africa where he joined the SAS; my uncle Tom who was captured in Greece; my uncle Ken served in the Home Guard; my uncle Windom was a Bevin Boy and worked in the coal mines; my uncle Ray was a PT instructor with the light infantry; my uncle Midge was in the RASC and my mother worked in the Bristol aircraft factory. My Uncle Jim had already served his time in the Welsh Guards. There were one or two who were sadly lost but it's a miracle they mostly did survive. My grandmother had the bright idea of moving to right next to an airfield so inevitably her windows were almost always blown out. But, thankfully, she survived until almost her 80th birthday.
My Grandfather was born in 1904, son of a ordinary soldier who had fought in the Anglo-Boer War in South Africa and would later fight in WWI from 1914-18. He too joined the British Army, between the wars, and saw action on the North West Frontier of India, on the border with Afghanistan. After leaving the Army as a NCO he drove two horses for Sainsbury's grocers and, after a period out of work due to the great depression, then became a London Bus driver.
He volunteered again early in WWII. in 1940 during the Blitz the German air force bombed his home in London flat (fortunately his wife and children were in a air raid shelter). He was given a 'cushy' job training drivers for the British Army and spent four years agitating for a active overseas posting. He went across to Normandy on D+3 as a Sgt and later helped liberate Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. The only time this very tough man was ever seen to shed a tear was describing that to his wife.
Of his two brothers one was Royal Artillery and blown to bits by German counter battery fire in North Africa, while the other was a Royal Marine and saw action against the Japanese in the Far East. My grandma had a war job making Sten sub machine guns for the British forces.
+99IronDuke : Thanks for sharing your Grandad's amazing inter-generational (multiple) War Service. As a wartime-child born in Edinburgh, I feel emotionally attached to these types of movies that portray parts of my childhood experience. Even though they are identified as "propaganda", and thus likely to contain factual inaccuracies, they appear to me, to retain a major element of how life was experienced by my parents (both in uniform) at that time. I've never before seen this one, and regard it as 45 mins well spent reminiscing about a time my parents spoke of frequenly, when they were fighting for their very existence throughout the entire period of 1939 to 1945. Both lived productive and lengthy lives, and it was well deserved.
One of the best videos I’ve watched for a very long time, well done the uploader.
Norway was not a defenseless country. She was surely outmatched by the Germans but she didn't roll over and play dead. One of those forts shown with "silent guns" was Oscarsborg Fortress. The fort's old 11 inch guns, and torpedo tubes with WWI era torpedoes, combined to sink the nearly brand new German cruiser Blucher as well as at least two other transports and one heavily damaged. Over 1,000 German soldiers were killed, and the invasion was delayed long enough to allow the King, Queen, and most of the government to escape the Britain. While southern Norway was conquered fairly rapidly, troops in northern Norway, abandoned by the British to fight Germany in France. fought a gallant rear guard action, with the last Norwegian forces, out of ammunition and food, not surrendering until June 10, 1940. Norway actually held out longer against German forces than any other continental European country ,including France. Norway was not defenseless.
Very good film thank you. Really interesting historical record. Rather well-made too!Like and already subbed. All the best.
Not half as cringeworthy as I thought it'd be, I enjoyed that, thanks ☺ (especially luvved the 'bows made by blacksmiths' bit (paraphrased) , you gotta love the Americans, bless 'em ☺
" ... and if you see a british girl in uniform with medal ribbons, you can bet your last dollar she didn't get them for knitting socks"
One of the best films on this subject I have seen, Thank you USA for lend lease - always our best ally, and we yours.
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Interesting
is there a film like this on the USSR? should be interesting
Shurely not. At the time the US are beginning to have a clue about the ally they have got.
Well, as the OP said, five of the movies were eventually finished(given how late in the war these were made, I'll say that Italy was the one that got scrubbed), but only this one and "Know Your Enemy: Japan" were actually shown. God knows what they Army did with the others, most likely they were destroyed.
>>--------------------> "John" Britain? Should be "Tommy" Britain.
No, "Tommy Atkins," from Kipling.
Alright Limeys, we fight and argue but if you ever really wanted to know what American's think of you... watch this
The empire nations were not totally sovereign. In most of them there was a governer general that was a rep of the Queen and if a decision really affected the British as opposed to the so called sovereign nation then Britian had the final say. Also a lot of the populations of these countries saw Britain as the mother country. Nevertheless it is true that they represented freedom way more than axis powers did
someone explain to me why that 100th of a second counter only goes to 25.
Motion picture film runs at 24 frames per second.
It counts the number of frames in a second.