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A Welcome to Britain

A Welcome to Britain

1943Movie⏱️ 1h 0m
Documentary
7.3
IMDB Rating
112 votes

A film presented by the British War Office for newly arrived World War 2 American soldiers, informing them of British ways.

Director
N/A
Writers
Burgess Meredith, Sam Spewack
Stars
Burgess Meredith, Ronald Forbes Adam, Felix Aylmer
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
💬 7
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Burgess Meredith
Burgess Meredith
as Self
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Ronald Forbes Adam
as Self
Felix Aylmer
Felix Aylmer
as Schoolmaster
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Jacob L. Devers
as Self
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Ira C. Eaker
as Self
Bob Hope
Bob Hope
as Self
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John C.H. Lee
as Self
Carla Lehmann
Carla Lehmann
as The Unknown Girl
Beatrice Lillie
Beatrice Lillie
as Self
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Johnnie Schofield
as Bert

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Midgham, West Berkshire, England, UK
Production
Ministry of Information, Strand Film Company

🏷️ Keywords

world war twoalliesamerican in the ukamerican abroadold teacher

🎯 Categories

Documentary

⭐ Featured Review

Interesting wartime documentary
by malcolmgsw2016-06-13
6/10

"This is really quite an interesting film,presumably shown to GIs before they embarked on troopships to the UK.It contains a lot of information on the blitz and what rations were received by the civilian population.This country was not the multi racial society of today,so the prejudices that sprang up after the war were not evident.This must have been difficult for many American servicemen to understand bearing in mind their army was still segregated.The section featuring Bob Hope was poorly done,and would have been little help to servicemen trying to make sense of the antiquated currency.Despi..."

💡 Did You Know?

This film received its earliest documented telecast on 7/29/44 on New York City's pioneer television station WNBT (Channel 1).

📖 Synopsis

A film presented by the British War Office for newly arrived World War 2 American soldiers, informing them of British ways.