Fires Were Started

1943
1h 3m

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A tale of firefighters in London during the Blitz.A tale of firefighters in London during the Blitz.A tale of firefighters in London during the Blitz.

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6.4/10

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Philip Dickson

Walters
(uncredited)

George Gravett

Dykes
(uncredited)

Fred Griffiths

Johnny Daniels
(uncredited)

Johnny Houghton

S.H. Jackson
(uncredited)

Loris Rey

J. Rumbold
(uncredited)

William Sansom

Fireman Playing the Piano
(uncredited)

Director
- Humphrey Jennings
Writer
- Humphrey Jennings
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Trivia
The firefighting scenes are reconstructions, not actual events. The director set fire to some already bombed buildings and the firemen demonstrated their methods of putting out a blaze.

Connections
Featured in Century of Cinema: A Personal History of British Cinema by Stephen Frears (1995)

Fires Were Started has no stock footage. However, it is similar to such in that an ignorant 1990s eye risks being unable to see through the strangeness of 1940s Britain to the lives and tensions portrayed in this film. Fires Were Started is a witty, poetic account of the war effort understood as the acts of everyday Londoners. You can work hard watching it dissecting the poetic sequences of imagery; you can take it easy and enjoy the people we meet or you can follow the exciting narrative of 24 hours during the bombing of London. Poetry.