Summary
A narrator recounts the state of Great Britain near the end of WWII via a visual diary for the titular baby boy born in September 1944.
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Audiences 67GoodWatch 67
Letterboxd · 842 ratings3.5/5
IMDb7.0
Audience score61%
Reach
Streams in 3 countries
Released
1945
November 1, 1945
81 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
12 people
- Michael RedgraveNarrator (voice)
- MHMyra HessSelf (Pianist)
- John GielgudHamlet
- FAFrederick AllenSelf (BBC Newsreader) (uncredited)
- BBillSelf - Steam-Engine Driver (uncredited)
- EJElizabeth JenkinsSelf - Tim's Mother (uncredited)
- EJElvin JenkinsSelf - Tim's Father (uncredited)
- TJTimothy James JenkinsSelf - Tim (uncredited)
- JJenniferSelf - 5 Year-Old Girl (uncredited)
- FPFrank PhillipsSelf (BBC Newsreader) (uncredited)
- PRPeter RobertSelf - RAF Pilot (uncredited)
- George WoodbridgeGravedigger (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- Humphrey Jennings Director
Writing · 1
- E.M. Forster Writer
Production · 1
- Basil Wright Producer
Camera · 1
- Fred Gamage Director of Photography
Editing · 3
- Stewart McAllister Editor
- Jenny Hutt Negative Cutter
- Alan Osbiston Supervising Editor
Sound · 4
- Richard Addinsell Original Music Composer
- Ken Cameron Sound Recordist
- Muir Mathieson Conductor
- Jock May Sound Recordist
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