Know Your Ally: Britain
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Produced by | United States War Department and Signal Corps |
Narrated by | Walter Huston |
Release date |
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Running time | 42 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Know Your Ally: Britain is a 42-minute
Synopsis
The film opens with a shot of a
- Here's where he lives – a little island no larger than the state of Idaho. Half a million people live in Idaho. 96 times that number live in Britain. The Nazis and the Japs scream about Lebensraum – "living space" – but on a square mile of Britain there are more people than on a square mile of Germany or Italy or Japan.
In 1938, the year the
Various differences in British and American culture are addressed, sometimes humorously, other more soberly, such as the position of the
Next, the film delves into the
The film also dispels the Nazi myth that the British are passively letting others fight the war for them ("Britain will fight to the last Australian, Canadian or New Zealander."). Contrary to Nazi belief, one inhabitant of the British Empire out of ten comes from Britain, while seven casualties out of ten are from Britain. In the Royal Air Force, two planes out of every three are operated by the British, who also operate four planes out of every five on the overseas fronts. Likewise, the Royal Navy, too, is also crewed almost entirely by the British. The British Merchant Navy is shown as particularly resilient, regardless of Nazi attacks.
References
- ^ "Know Your Ally: Britain". afi.com. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
See also
External links
- Know Your Ally: Britain is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
- Know Your Ally: Britain at IMDb
- Complete film on YouTube