Dylan Thomas- The War Films Anthology DVD

The Imperial War Museum Collection features rare and fascinating original films preserved in the Museum's archives. Many have never been released to the public before and are presented here complete and uncut for the very first time. These films are of great historical importance and are essential viewing for anyone interested in British military history. The world-renowned poet Dylan Thomas made a little-known but valuable contribution to Britain's war effort scripting powerful propaganda films for the Ministry of Information. This unique anthology collects together... no less than eight of his finest wartime works. These Are Men (1943): Co-devised and compiled with Alan Osbiston this film launches a blistering attack on the Nazis and their leaders re-voicing their speeches to expose their shameful secrets and murderous intent. Balloon Site 568 (1942): Dylan Thomas co-scripted this MOI film about four young women from diverse backgrounds who come together as barrage balloon operators. The film follows them through training to their first posting. Wales - Green Mountain Black Mountain (1942): Dylan Thomas provided an eloquent and poetic script to this tribute to Wales at war saluting the contribution of the miners steel workers shepherds and quarrymen to the war effort. New Towns For Old (1942): Once again scripted by Thomas this MOI film looks at urban regeneration in the fictional industrial town of 'Smokedale'. Although interrupted by the war the film promises renewal will continue once the fighting is over. The Battle For Freedom (1942): Dylan Thomas salutes the contribution made to the British war effort by the Empire and looks forward to independence for these lands in a future free from Axis terror. Cema (1942): Thomas was one of five writers who contributed to this portrait of the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts which sought to 'bring pleasure and the highest forms of inspiration' to bombed towns and factory complexes. A City Reborn (1945): Dylan Thomas's salute to Coventry a city that refused to crumble under the Blitz and which is captured here rebuilding for the future even as war continues. A Soldier Comes Home (1945): Touching and simple Dylan Thomas's story of a soldier on leave with his family in London gently explains why some men must remain in the army even after the war. [show more]

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