An introduction of the British people and their customs for the armed forces of the U.S. during World War II.An introduction of the British people and their customs for the armed forces of the U.S. during World War II.An introduction of the British people and their customs for the armed forces of the U.S. during World War II.
Lord Beaverbrook
- Self
- (archive footage)
Ernest Bevin
- Self
- (archive footage)
Arthur Whitten Brown
- Self
- (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
- Self
- (archive footage)
Anthony Eden
- Self
- (archive footage)
Mohandas K. Gandhi
- Self
- (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
- Self
- (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- Self
- (archive footage)
Herbert Morrison
- Self
- (archive footage)
Louis Mountbatten
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Lord Louis Mountbatten)
Benito Mussolini
- Self
- (archive footage)
Jawaharlal Nehru
- Self
- (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
- Directors
- Robert Stevenson
- Anthony Veiller(uncredited)
- Writers
- James Hilton
- Eric Knight(uncredited)
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- TriviaThis propaganda film, directed by Robert Stevenson, is available on the DVD for Jane Eyre (1943).
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Interesting Mid 1940s View of Britain
Know Your Ally: Britain is one of the less well known entries in the cycle of documentary/propaganda featurettes supervised by Frank Capra during WWII and directed by him and some others.
In this case, transplanted veteran UK director Robert Stevenson contributes as well as several English writers.So we get a sense of how US strategists wanted to portray the British to Americans as well as how the British wanted to think of themselves.
The film opens with a football game and the idea of teamwork in both sport and war. Teamwork between the two countries.
The issue is brought up that one of the things the Germans are using against the British is that they have an Empire.
Other points: the importance of privacy even on a congested island.The ability of people to get along together.The old fashioned respect for tradition.A sense of self effacement where people do not boast about themselves.
The point is made by showing children playing in both the US and the UK that we are alike.
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- Know Your Allies and Know Your Enemies 1
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- Runtime42 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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