01 February 1942 Factual 20 mins
A depiction of life in wartime Britain during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life and of the turmoil and privation caused by the war, all without narration.
Watch the official Listen to Britain 1942 trailer in HD below or find more Listen to Britain videos on Vidimovie.
Leonard Brockington as Self - Foreword by
Joseph Macleod as Self - BBC Newsreader (voice)
Bud Flanagan as Self - Flanagan & Allen
Chesney Allen as Self - Flanagan & Allen
Myra Hess as Self - Pianist
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother as Self - in Audience (uncredited)
Humphrey Jennings Director
Stewart McAllister Director
Humphrey Jennings Writer
Stewart McAllister Writer
Ian Dalrymple Producer
H.E. Fowle Director of Photography
Ouça a Grã-Bretanha Trailer
Toner från England Trailer
Слушайте Британию Trailer
Oid a Inglaterra Trailer
Brazil 04 April 2025
Finland 23 July 2010
United Kingdom 01 February 1942
Portugal 15 September 2010
United States 25 January 2019
Uruguay 28 December 2017
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National Archives and Records Administration LISTEN TO BRITAIN Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE: Consists of miscellaneous British scenes and sounds that illustrate her wartime activities. These scenes and sounds include ...
This extract comes from Humphrey Jennings and Stewart McAllister's 'Listen to Britain'. The film is available to buy on the BFI DVD 'Land of Promise: British ...
Listen to Britain - Reel Footage Consists of miscellaneous British scenes and sounds that illustrate her wartime activities. These scenes and sounds include ...
National Archives and Records Administration LISTEN TO BRITAIN Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch.
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1942:
27 April 1942
A man believed to be dead and buried escapes from his grave and returns to the scene of the crime seeking revenge.
31 December 1942
Tim McGuerin and Eddie Corbett operates a big taxi-fleet company together and because of a misunderstanding Tim's wife Sadie thinks he is having an affair with his secretary, Ms.
31 January 1942
This Traveltalk series short visits some of the important cities and sites of Minnesota.
26 June 1942
Racketeer Gillin is paroled from prison and immediately goes to work trying to make an illegal buck from America's war effort.
21 August 1942
Ma Turner of Red Bluff sends for U.S.Marshal Buck Roberts to investigate a series of wide-spread rustling in the area.
07 June 1942
Director Rowland V. Lee's wacky 1942 comedy, about an absent-minded scientist working on a secret formula at an explosives plant, stars Edmond O'Brien, Victor McLaglen, Dorothy Lovett, June Havoc, Eddie Foy Jr.
20 February 1942
J. P. Courtney wants to update the music on the radio program he sponsors, but his wife, Agatha Courtney, is the final authority and addicted to the classics and won't allow him to replace Professor Bistell and his symphonic orchestra.
24 March 1942
Vienna during the fin de siecle. Farmer's daughter Anuschka has to sell the farm after her father's death to the rich but mean farmer's wife Nowarek and her friendly son Jaro.
21 December 1942
"The Heavenly Play" - Mats Ersson is engaged to Marit and they plan to get married in the spring. But when the plague comes, the people accuse Marit of witchcraft.
02 June 1942
The romance between an actress and a young man provokes the rejection of the class to which he belongs.
28 September 1942
Aldor Johnsson is an old but unsuccessful criminal.
10 June 1942
René, a bank employee, is suspected of theft and fired from his job. It borders on the worst by following in the footsteps of a misfit, Alexandre.
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