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It is essentially a sort of moraleboosting propaganda film, highlighting the contributions of everyday women from throughout the uk, from all walks of life and social classes, who were called up and put to. Millions like us1943patricia roc, gordon jackson, eric portman. Imelda anne crawford 22 november 1920 17 october 1956 was a british film actress, born in palestine of an english mother and scottish father and brought up in edinburgh a contemporary of margaret lockwood and phyllis calvert, she is best remembered for her roles in womens pictures of the 1940s, such as millions like us. Millions like us 1943, directed by frank launder and sidney. Millions like us remains one of launder and gilliats most distinctive films because it was shot in the semidocumentary style indicative of british cinema during the war years. Michael moores latest film is riddled with errors and. A contemporary of margaret lockwood and phyllis calvert, she is best remembered for her roles in womens pictures of the 1940s, such as millions like us 1943, two.

The theme of the movie was to give the public a look inside life at an aircraft factory during wartime. Millions like us 1943 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. An opening montage reminds us of british life before the war. In millions like us virginia nicholson tells the story of the womens second world war, through a host of individual womens experiences. Purple hearts millions like us 1979, metallic blue. As a propaganda film millions like us is an optimistic presentation of a nation pulling together and it envisages a social democratic future, yet it cannot quite believe its own purpose, realising the future will be populated by those devastated by the war and those who will resume their places of privilege. Millions like us 1943 sidney gilliat, frank launder. Hello everybody, its my first day on brit movie as well. Frank launder and sidney gilliat claim never to have seen night shift. Launder and gilliats portrait of a family at war is remarkable not only for its breadth of social detail dad. During world war ii, young celia is separated from her family when she is called up to work in an aircraft components factory, but finds love in the arms of an raf pilot. Millions like us 1943 courtesy of itv global entertainment. Acting throughout is superior to the story, and is of such a high quality it ought to. The tribulations of a family in wartime, especially of the meek daughter who.

I have recently obtained the film on dvd but most of the shots of this are too. In millions like us virginia nicholson tells the story of the womens war, through a host of individual womens experiences. Millions like us, dvd, manufactured on demand, warworld war ii, 644827341825. Millions like us was, according to the film director paul rotha, completely based on his film night shift. May 05, 2018 millions like us is a black and white movie made in england during world war ii. Millions like us 1943, directed by frank launder and. Gilliat and launder who counted hitchcock and reed among their previous collaborators were experienced comedy writers making their directorial debut, so its no surprise to find caldicott and charters, the bumbling englishmen they created for the lady. It stars patricia roc, eric portman, megs jenkins, and anne crawford, was written by sidney gilliat, and directed by gilliat and frank launder. The film is a perfect blend of comedy and drama, and the final scene is one of the most tearjerking in british cinema. I undestand from what my mother told me years ago that my father was a member of this choir and went up to london to film this.

Heartwarming, observant, unsentimental patriotic propaganda british film shot during. According to the british film institute database, this film is the first in an unofficial trilogy, along with two thousand. Though jackson is killed in action, the film never becomes melodramatic. When celia crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamor job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts. The war years took the inferiority myth and destroyed it, catapulting servants and mistresses alike into a world of life and death responsibilities. But in conditions of total war millions of women in the services and on the home front demonstrated that they were cleverer, more broadminded and altogether more complex than anyone had ever guessed. Millions like us is a fundamentally honest dramatization of the british home front during world war ii.

Millions like us 1943 directed by sidney gilliat frank launder. I have a question about the british wartime film, millions like us in one of the scenes there was a welsh choir singing on stage. Purple hearts millions like us 1979, metallic blue labels. Millions like us is a black and white movie made in england during world war ii. Find release information for millions like us 1943 sidney gilliat, frank launder on allmovie. This extraordinary social document opens with archival footage of prewar britain, a patrician voice describing a nation at play during that final balmy summer before the. The theme is about the sacrifices made by the english during wwii. Accented language and the ordinary in british films of the second world war volume 45 issue 4 jo fox. A woman is happy to be called up for service during the second world war, but disappointed to learn she will be working in a factory making aircraft parts.

A young londoner is sent to an arms factory in the midlands, where she encounters a supportive world of women from across the class system. Patricia roc plays a worker in a defense plant who lives in an allfemale rooming house. Thats the power of films such as millions like us a woman who goes to work in a factory in the midlands and she gets a new home and a new world. Millions like us film is designed as patriotic propaganda on the uk front, minus flag waving and such like.

Here she meets other girls for all different walks of life, and begins a relationship with a young airman. The crowson family father jim, mother elsie, daughters phyllis and celia, son tom visit the same seaside boarding house where they spend every summer and are warmly welcomed by the landlady. As a propaganda film millions like us is an optimistic presentation of a nation pulling together and it envisages a social democratic future, yet it cannot quite believe its own purpose, realising the future will be populated by those devastated by the. Jazz on the screen is a reference work of filmographic information and does not point to digitized versions of the items described. Then you had film like went the day well and you have women taking up weapons to shoot nazis. Michael moores latest film is riddled with errors and millions are watching. In 1939 most women still expected to become wives and mothers. As millions like us 1943 begins, the words and millions like you appear, confidently addressing a mass wartime audience at a time of unprecedented national solidarity. The style, which combines documentary techniques with the structure and plotting of narrative features, gives the film an authenticity that elevates the standard plot. With patricia roc, gordon jackson, anne crawford, moore marriott. Millions like us 1943 letterboxd your life in film. Millions like us is a 1943 british propaganda film, showing life in a wartime aircraft factory in documentary detail. Millions like us is a 1943 film starring patricia roc, gordon jackson, anne crawford. It was one of numerous propaganda films made during world war ii to support the war effort.

It is essentially a sort of moraleboosting propaganda film, highlighting the contributions of everyday women from throughout the uk, from all walks of life and social classes, who were called up and put to work serving the war industries. My watchlist keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. The finest example of british wartime fictional propaganda follows a group of women who take on factory work to support the war effort. Whilst the tone of millions like us is, for the most part, downbeat and at times rather bleak, it is not a depressing film. These films were governmentled and they consciously made for women to see the benefits of working and perhaps being in the company of other women at work instead of being at home with children. The tribulations of a family in wartime, especially of the meek daughter who goes into war work and marries an airman, who is killed. Millions like us is the heartwarming story of a young british woman, celia crowson patricia roc, during world war ii. Imelda anne crawford 22 november 1920 17 october 1956 was a british film actress, born in palestine of an english mother and scottish father and brought up in edinburgh.

Millions like us directed by frank launder, sidney gilliat. Categorised as a british world war ii propaganda film this less known example is a superb work of moraleboosting films from mid world war 2. It is essentially a sort of moraleboosting propaganda film, highlighting the. The library of congress may or may not own a copy of a particular film or video. Millions like us begins as the chronicle of a family responding to the changes wrought by the war. If you have any information regarding this film, any of the stills, or even better, some now shots please contact us.

The film follows the girls as they journey through the war and discover the importance of friendship and true love. Frank launder and sidney gilliat shared a directing credit for their debut in that capacity, a film that looks at the effect of. Telly addict andrew collins casts his critical eye over new worlds above, klondike, the trip to italy, endeavour and monkey planet. Millions like us 1943 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. I have a question about the british wartime film, millions like us 1943 in one of the scenes there was a welsh choir singing on stage. Shy and sheltered, roc loses some of her inhibitions when she falls in love with an airman gordon jackson. We tend to see the second world war as a mans war, featuring spitfire crews and brave deeds on the normandy beaches. The basis of this film may be spine stiffening patriotism, but dont write it off on that basis alone. According to the british film institute database, this film is the first in an. Millions like us manufactured on demand on tcm shop. It doesnt shy away from the fact that the war was causing immense anxiety and loss to millions of ordinary folk, but it offers plenty by way of encouragement. May 05, 2017 if you look at films like millions like us and the gentle sex they were aimed at getting women to work in factories and on the land and join the services they needed to reverse the pattern that women were supposed to stay home. It starred patricia roc, eric portman, megs jenkins, gordon jackson and anne crawford, was written and directed by sidney gilliat and frank launder.