LONDON, Dec. 3 (United Press) - The film division of the ministry of information expressed disappointment today that the Crown film unit production "Western Approaches" had been reported banned in the United States by the Will Hays office because of "mild profanity." A statement, pointing out that the film actually was shot at sea with merchant navy men playing all of the parts, said: "It is an integral part of the reality of the film that they should use language that would hardly be in place in the drawing room." ("British War Film Banned for Language", The San Bernardino Daily Sun, San Bernardino, California, Monday 4 December 1944, Volume 51, page 8.)
This was the Crown Film Unit's first production in Technicolor.
This film received its earliest documented telecast in USA in both New York City and Baltimore Sunday 2 January 1949 on Film Theater of the Air on WCBS (Channel 2) and on WMAR (Channel 2); in Los Angeles it was first seen by television viewers Thursday 8 September 1949 on KNBH (Channel 4).
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