01 January 1944 Factual, War 42 mins
Know Your Ally: Britain was a 45-minute propaganda film made in 1944. It was narrated by Walter Huston and produced by the United States War Department and Signal Corp to solidify Anglo-American solidarity within the ranks as well as counter Nazi propaganda aimed at weakening the Alliance.
Watch the official Know Your Ally: Britain 1944 trailer in HD below or find more Know Your Ally: Britain videos on Vidimovie.
Walter Huston as Narrator
Ernest Bevin as Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill as Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage)
Herbert Morrison as Self (archive footage)
Louis Mountbatten as Self (archive footage)
Benito Mussolini as Self (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt as Self (archive footage)
Orson Welles as Narrator/Bob (helpful taxi passenger)
Robert Stevenson Director
United States 01 January 1944
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The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.
28 January 1944
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22 September 1977
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More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from Know Your Ally: Britain:
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From pre-war complacency to the burdens of wartime taxation and shortages this filmed record demonstrates the courage and resourcefulness of the British ...
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1944:
01 April 1944
A manufacturer and an impresario (who has promised some young people he will stage their show) are twin brothers causes a lot of confusion when the manufacturer is mistaken for his no-money brother.
02 January 1944
After finding his wife in the arms of another man, an army officer kills his rival and then goes by train to Finland to fight in the Winter war.
25 April 1944
U.S. Marshals "Nevada" Jack McKenzie and "Sandy" Hopkins go undercover to bust a gang of stagecoach robbers in this vintage Western serial.
26 October 1944
A Nazi spy sneaks into the U.S., hoping to release hundreds of German prisoners. He fails, but not until plenty of bullets have been spent.
20 May 1944
Soldiers Steve and Jim are friends but when their enlistment ends, Jim reenlists while Steve doesn't.
30 December 1944
Having been falsely court marshaled for cowardice and sentenced to prison by the Army, Jed Kilton escapes and heads to Nevada Springs to see his kid brother.
10 November 1944
The baron of Santafusca, descended from a noble family, leads a dissipated life. To pay debts he is forced to sell his house.
28 April 1944
Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field.
01 January 1944
General Henry H. 'Hap' Arnold summarizes U.S. Army and Army Air Force activities in the Pacific Theater of World War II in this short documentary film.
26 August 1944
A sea captain about to be hanged for a murder he didn't commit is rescued from the gallows by two of his crewmen.
02 June 1944
A lawyer tries to clear his wife's lover of murder charges.
23 September 1944
Brash ladies' man James Dale and his partner, wisecracking Everett Northrup, are sent by Cartell & Co.
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