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Builders is a 1942 British short propaganda film directed by Pat Jackson and produced by Ian Dalrymple at the Crown Film Unit of the Ministry of Information.[1][2] It outlines the importance of the work of builders during the Second World War.[3]

Directed byPat Jackson
Produced byIan Dalrymple
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Builders
Directed byPat Jackson
Produced byIan Dalrymple
CinematographyC.M. Pennington-Richards
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Release date
  • 1942 (1942)
Running time
8 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
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The eight-minute film is structured as a dialogue between the builders and an off-screen narrator, a technique developed in the 1935 British social documentary film Housing Problems.[4]

It was one of many films produced to improve civilian morale.[5][4]

Cast

  • John Hilton as narrator

Home media

The film is included on the BFI DVD Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950.[3]

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