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The complete Humphrey Jennings. Volume 3, A diary for Timothy
Title
The complete Humphrey Jennings. Volume 3, A diary for Timothy [videorecording].
Edition
Dual format ed.
Published
[London] : BFI, [2013]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (218 min.) : sound, black and white ; [2013] + 1 booklet (36 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm)
Notes
Originally released as motion pictures, 1944-1951.
"Special features: V.1 (1944, 8 mins.): a shorter cut of The Eighty Days ; The good life (1951, col., 18 mins.): the film Jennings was working on at his death, with co-direction by Graham Wallace.
In English with optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired.
Summary
A collection of documentary films by the British film director Humphrey Jennings. Topics include the history of the song Lili Marlene, Britain's anti-missile defense, a performance of Beethoven's sonata in F minor (op. 57), a film essay on the status of Great Britain as seen through the life of a newborn baby, German conditions immediately after the war, the remaking of the British coal industry, and two ruminations on the bright future of Great Britain.
Variant and related titles
Diary for Timothy
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 22, 2019
Performers
The eighty days: commentary by Edward R. Murrow.
Myra Hess: pianist, Myra Hess.
A diary for Timothy: commentary spoken by Michael Redgrave.
A defeated people: commentator, William Hartnell.
The Cumberland story: with James Adam Nimmo and Tom Stephenson.
The dim little island: with Ralph Vaughan Williams, James Fisher, John Ormston, Osbert Lancaster.
Family portrait: narration, Michael Goodliffe.
System details note
Disc 1: BD (Blu-ray disc), PCM mono 2.0 audio. Disc 2: DVD; Dolby Digital mono 2.0 audio ; region B; PAL.
Disc 2: DVD; Dolby Digital mono 2.0 audio ; region 2; PAL.
Bibliography
Includes illustrated booklet featuring essays, film notes, bibliographical references and biographies by Basil Wright, John Wyver, Patrick Russell, Kevin Jackson, Scott Anthony and others.
Audience
Exempt from ratings classification.
Contents
The true story of Lili Marlene / reconstructed by the Crown Film Unit ; script and direction, Humphrey Jennings (1944, 30 min.)
The eighty days / produced by the Crown Film Unit (1944, 14 min.)
Myra Hess / Crown Film Unit presents (1945, 10 min.)
A diary for Timothy / made ... by the Crown Film Unit ; commentary written by E.M. Forster (1946, 39 min.)
A defeated people / Columbia ; a Crown Film Unit production (1946, 19 min.)
The Cumberland story / a Crown Film Unit production ; produced by Alexander Shaw ; directed by Humphrey Jennings (1947, 45 min.)
The dim little island / Wessex Film Productions Ltd. presents (1948, 11 min.)
Family portrait / a Wessex Film production ; written and directed by Humphrey Jennings (1951, 24 min.).
Videorecording number
BFIB1121 BFI
5035673011218
Subjects
Genre/Form
Motion pictures - Great Britain.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Short films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary films.
Short films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Also listed under
Great Britain. Crown Film Unit.
Wessex Film Productions.
British Film Institute.
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