HC Deb 17 January 1945 vol 407 cc185-91W
Mr. Bellenger

asked the Minister of Information what British films are now being shown in France, Belgium and Italy; and if he can state the names of any feature or short films that are now being prepared for showing to audiences in those countries.

Mr. Bracken

The following is a list of films produced from sources in the British Commonwealth, that are being shown in or prepared for France, Belgium and Italy. This information relates to films distributed through official agencies.

FRANCE.

FILMS NOW BEING SHOWN.

A. Commercial Features.

  • In Which We Serve.
  • Silver Fleet.
  • We Dive at Dawn.
  • Lamp still Burns.
  • One of our Aircraft is Missing.
  • Nine Men.
  • Gentle Sex.

B. Ministry Long Films.

  • Desert Victory.
  • Close Quarters.
  • Coastal Command.
  • Tunisian Victory.
  • Fires were Started.
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C. Shorts

  • Convoy to Malta.
  • Malta G.C.
  • Sky Giant.
  • Sword of the Spirit.
  • H.M. Navies go to Sea.
  • Battleship.
  • Beaufighters.
  • Women at War.
  • Peoples of Canada (National Film Board, Canada).
  • Britain Beats the Clock.
  • Workers Week-end.
  • Lambeth Walk.
  • Clydebuilt.
  • Before the Raid.
  • Motor-cycle Training (National Film Board, Canada).
  • Three Songs of Resistance.
  • Biter Bit.
  • Honduras Record.
  • Spring on the Farm.
  • Summer on the Farm.
  • H.M. Minelayer.
  • Cameramen at War.
  • South Africa (S. African Bureau of Information).
  • Nations within a Nation.
  • They Fight by Night.
  • Canteen Command.
  • Grand Trunk Road (Films Advisory Board of India).
  • Report from China.
  • Free French Navy.
  • Pilot is Safe.
  • Great Harvest.
  • Invincible.
  • Ferry Pilot.
  • War in the Pacific.
  • Nightshift.
  • Merchant Seamen.
  • Changing Face of India (Films Advisory Board of India).
  • London can Take it.
  • Ordinary People.
  • New Zealand (Government of New Zealand).
  • One Man—Two Jobs.
  • Minefield.
  • Danger Area.
  • 187
  • Catholics in Britain.
  • Commissioning a Battleship.
  • This Day Saved the World.
  • Twenty-one Miles.
  • R.A.F. in Action.
  • Speed up on Stirlings.
  • Raid Report.
  • She Serves Abroad.
  • Of One Blood.
  • These Are The Men.
  • Prairie Gold (National Film Board, Canada).
  • Road to Victory.
  • Royal Australian Navy (Government of Australia).
  • Ack-Ack.
  • Royal Observer Corps.
  • Paratroops.
  • Wealth of Australia (Government of New South Wales).
  • Cherbourg—Gateway to France.
  • Battle of Britain.
  • V.1.
  • Men of Timor.
  • Prelude in Africa.
  • Great Surrender.
  • Entry into Rome.

D. British Council Films

  • Western Waterway.
  • Gardens of England.
  • Out of the Night.
  • Dartmouth.
  • Little Ships of England.
  • Colour in Clay.
  • Border Weave.
  • Pin Mould.
  • Land of Invention.

FILMS NOW BEING PREPARED.

A Commercial Features.

  • Man in Grey.
  • Millions Like Us.
  • Fanny by Gaslight.
  • San Demetrio London.

C. Shorts.

  • Polish Sailor.
  • Fortress Ceylon (Films Advisory Board of India).
  • Rehabilitation.
  • Special Productions.
  • Two Serial Newsreels.
  • La France Combattante.
  • Man—One Family.
  • Our Daily Bread.
  • Histories of the War Series.
  • Failure of a Strategy.
  • Failure of the Dictators.
  • British Commonwealth.
  • War in the Far East.
  • Special Service Shorts.
  • In Defence of Britain.
  • Night Raid on Germany.
  • Men of Arnhem.
  • Jailbreakers.
  • The Sinking of the Tirpitz.
  • Road to Russia.
  • Liberation of Rome.
  • Strategy in the Far East.
  • Left of the Line.
  • Harbour goes to France.

D. British Council Films.

  • World Garden.
  • Looking Through Glass.
  • Sheep Dog.
  • 188
  • Teeth of Steel.
  • Green Girdle.
  • Power on the Land.
  • Queen Cotton.
  • Wealth from Coal.
  • Piccadilly Roundabout.
  • Upland Settlement.
  • Development of an English Town.
  • Royal Road.
  • London 1942.
  • Cambridge.
  • Wales.
  • Power Lines.

BELGIUM

FILMS NOW BEING SHOWN.

A. Commercial Features

  • In Which We Serve.
  • Lamp Still Burns.
  • Gentle Sex.
  • We Dive at Dawn.
  • Pimpernel Smith.

B. Ministry Long Films

  • Desert Victory.
  • Close Quarters.
  • Coastal Command.
  • Tunisian Victory
  • Fires were Started.
  • Target for To-night.

C. Shorts

  • Churchill the Man.
  • Malta G.C.
  • Sky Giant.
  • Sword of the Spirit.
  • N.M. Navies go to Sea.
  • Battleship.
  • Beaufighters.
  • Convoy to Malta.
  • Changing Face of India (Films Advisory Board of India).
  • Lambeth Walk.
  • H.M. Minelayer.
  • Workers Weekend.
  • Clydebuilt.
  • Cameramen at War.
  • South Africa (South African Bureau of Information).
  • Report from China.
  • Grand Trunk Road (Films Advisory Board of India)
  • Nations within a Nation.
  • Ferry Pilot.
  • Wealth of Australia (Government of New South Wales).
  • Merchant Seamen.
  • Nightshift.
  • New Zealand (Government of New Zealand).
  • Battle of Britain.
  • Men of Timor.
  • Prelude in Africa.
  • Great Surrender.
  • Entry into Rome.
  • Entry into Paris.

D. British Council Films

  • Colour in Clay.
  • Architects of England.
  • Steel goes to Sea.
  • Border Weave.
  • Pin Mould.
  • Newt.
  • Out of the Night
  • Merseyside.
  • Gardens of England.
  • 189
  • Western Waterway.
  • Morning Paper.
  • Dartmouth.
  • Little Ships of England.
  • Full Cycle.
  • Trinity House.
  • Land of Invention.
  • Power to Order.
  • Water Service.

FILMS NOW BEING PREPARED.

A. Commercial Features.

  • Man in Grey.
  • Fanny by Gaslight.
  • The Way Ahead.
  • Great Mr. Handel.
  • Nine Men.
  • San Demetrio London.

C. Shorts.

  • Jungle Patrol (Government of Australia).
  • London Can Take It.
  • Peoples of Canada (National film Board of Canada).
  • Royal Australian Navy (Government of Australia).
  • Rehabilitation.
  • Listen to Britain.
  • Polish Sailor.
  • Special Productions.
  • Two Serial Newsreels.
  • Fighting French.
  • Man—One Family.
  • Our Daily Bread.
  • Histories of the War Series.
  • Failure of a Strategy.
  • Failure of the Dictators.
  • British Commonwealth.
  • War in the Far East.
  • Special Service Shorts.
  • In Defence of Britain.
  • Night Raid on Germany.
  • Men of Arnhem.
  • Jailbreakers.
  • The Sinking of the Tirpitz.
  • Road to Russia.
  • Liberation of Rome.
  • Strategy in the Far East.
  • Left of the Line.
  • Harbour goes to France.

D. British Council Films.

  • Green Girdle.
  • Western Isles.
  • Power on the Land.
  • Upland Settlement.
  • Development of an English Town.
  • Life Cycle of the Onion.
  • Queen Cotton.
  • Wealth from Coal.
  • Piccadilly Roundabout.
  • Hospital School.
  • Wales.
  • Power Lines.
  • Cambridge.
  • Teeth of Steel.
  • Looking Through Glass.
  • Royal Mile.
  • John Bull.

ITALY.

FILMS NOW BEING SHOWN.

A. Commercial Features.

  • Pimpernel Smith.
  • Foreman went to France.
  • 190
  • In Which We Serve.
  • One of our Aircraft is Missing.
  • Ghost Train.
  • Convoy.
  • We Dive at Dawn.
  • Millions Like Us.

B. Ministry Long Films.

  • Target for To-night.
  • Tunisian Victory

C.Shorts.

  • Lambeth Walk.
  • Invincible.
  • Building for Victory.
  • Churchill the Man.
  • Transfer of Skill.
  • Sword of the Spirit.
  • King and His People.
  • Malta G.C.
  • Britain Beat the Clock.
  • Health in Wartime.
  • Changing Face of India (Films Advisory Board of India).
  • Paratroops.
  • Peoples of Canada (National Film Board of Canada).
  • Workers Weekend.
  • These are the Men.
  • Clydebuilt.
  • Great Harvest.
  • Nightshift.
  • Grand Trunk Road (Films Advisory Board of India).
  • They Fight by Night.
  • One Man—Two Jobs.
  • Before the Raid.
  • H.M. Navies go to Sea.
  • Naples is a Battlefield.
  • Battleship.
  • New Zealand (Government of New Zealand).
  • Minefield.
  • Lofoten Raid.
  • Men of Timor
  • Camp 63.

D. British Council Films.

  • London 1942.
  • Full Cycle.
  • Land of Invention.
  • Learning to Live.

FILMS NOW BEING PREPARED

A. Commercial Features.

  • Flemish Farm.
  • The Way Ahead.
  • San Demetrio London.
  • Fanny by Gaslight.

B. Ministry Long Films.

  • Fires were Started.
  • Close Quarters.
  • Coastal Command.

C. Shorts.

  • New Crop.
  • Catholics in Britain.
  • Cameramen at War.
  • Jungle Patrol (Films Advisory Board of India).
  • London can Take It.
  • Entry into Rome.
  • Invasion of Russia.
  • Great Surrender.
  • Prelude in Africa.
  • Liberation of Paris.
  • 191
  • Special Productions.
  • Two Serial Newsreels.
  • Fighting French.
  • Man—One Family.
  • Our Daily Bread.
  • History of the War Series.
  • Failure of a Strategy.
  • Failure of the Dictators.
  • British Commonwealth.
  • War in the Far East.
  • Special Service Shorts.
  • In Defence of Britain.
  • Night Raid on Germany.
  • Men of Arnhem.
  • Jailbreakers.
  • The Sinking of the Tirpitz.
  • Road to Russia.
  • Liberation of Rome.
  • Strategy in the Far East.
  • Left of the Line.
  • Harbour goes to France.

D. British Council Films.

  • Power to Order.
  • Coastal Village.
  • Sea Scouts.
  • British Gardens.
  • Green Girdle.
  • Peoples Land.
  • Western Isles.
  • Power on the Land.
  • Hospital School.
  • Country Town.
  • National Health.
  • Cambridge.
  • Wales.
  • Gardens of England.

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