Home Guard
- Synopsis
- A recruitment film for the Home Guard. (`It might make Hitler think twice’). A Home Guard officer in a village pub talks to his friends about his week at a Home Guard training school. He describes the training and concludes by getting out his notebook and quoting from Philip the Bastard’s speech in King John (V vii)`This England never did, nor never shall,/Lie at the proud foot of a conquerer,/But when it first did help to wound itself,/Nought remains to rue if England to herself remains but true’. ("Oi reckon that’s about right too). Note: Some lines are omitted and misquoted. [Synopsis compiled with acknowledgement to the cataloguers at the Imperial War Museum, Film and Television Archive].
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of release
- 1941
- Duration
- 8 mins; 735 feet
Credits
- Director
- Donald Taylor
- Producer
- Donald Taylor
- Cinematographer
- Charles Marlborough
- Writer
- Bernard Miles
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- King John
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Home Guard; national identity
Production Company
- Name
Strand
Sponsor
Archive
- Name
Imperial War Museum, Film and Video Archive
- film@iwm.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.iwm.org.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7416 5293
- Fax
- 020 7416 8299
- Address
- Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Home Guard". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68280 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)