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
Stewart McAllister Writer
Humphrey Jennings 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
More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from Listen to Britain:
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:
21 August 1942
Pavel Hora offers his friend Jiří Pulpán a place to live. When they get home, they find out that the landlord has evicted Pavel to the yard because he found a love letter from his daughter Zuzanka.
27 August 1942
A police lieutenant and a patriotic professional gambler, rivals in life and love, combine efforts to corner a gang of Nazi saboteurs operating out of a barber shop, in which their mutual girlfriend works, and unmask its secret leader.
27 March 1942
Yvonne De Carlo sings herself to sleep, in her dreams she dances with a Latin dancer. She awakes to sing again.
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.
28 April 1942
Christopher Reynolds, an American flying with the R.A.F, is shot down over German-occupied Holland and is given shelter by a Dutch family.
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.
01 June 1942
Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with a bagful of hard cash robbed by a goon.
11 May 1942
A girl leaves her home after the man who left her with a daughter and a young man who falls in love with her protects her from him.
20 March 1942
Claude is a young man whose girlfriend has just broken up with him. Feeling unable to overcome the pain, Claude has no other idea than to end his life.
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.
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.
Have you watched Listen to Britain yet? What did you think about it?
Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1942 Crown Film Unit.