Summary: Bernard Miles and Percy Walsh play two members of the Home Guard, on duty by a windmill, discussing the causes of the war and the issues at stake.
Description: After reminders of Nazi atrocities (Miles quotes 'schoolmaster' who called Nazis "a sewage-burst all over Europe"), Walsh, representing old age, reflects on all the values of pre-war Britain (illustrated by film of idyllic rustic scenes) deducing that the war is being fought to recover values hitherto never sufficiently appreciated; Miles, as youth, repudiates complete nostalgia, pointing out that the pre-war world had its evils (film of slums, unemployment etc) and the war is being fought to make sure they will not return. Moralising on the theme that it takes war to make people active for good causes, etc etc.
Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor)
Charter (Production company)
Boulting, Roy1913-11-212001-11-05British film producer-director (Production individual)
Boulting, John (Production individual)
Cooper, D P (Production individual)
Reiner, Anna (Production individual)
Harris, Jack (Production individual)
Boulting, Roy1913-11-212001-11-05British film producer-director (Production individual)
Miles, Bernard (Production cast)
Walsh, Percy (Production cast)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Home Guard (regiment/service)
Keywords: propaganda, British - inflammatory (object name)
propaganda, British - inspirational (object name)
society, British - ethnic (object name)
society, British - history (object name)
GB, England (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 564 ft; Running time: 7 mins
