Builders (film)

Builders
Builders
Directed by	Pat Jackson
Produced by	Ian Dalrymple
Cinematography	C.M. Pennington-Richards
Production; company	Crown Film Unit
Release date	1942;
Running time	8 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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] It outlines the importance of the work of builders during the Second World War.^[2]

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.^[2]^[3]

It was one of many films produced to improve civilian morale.^[4]^[3]

Cast

John Hilton as narrator

References

^ "Builders". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Builders (1942)". Screenonline. BFI. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
^ ^a ^b Chapman, J. (11 March 2015). A New History of British Documentary. Springer. ISBN 9780230392878.
^ Barsam, Richard Meran (1992). Nonfiction Film: A Critical History. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. p. 184. ISBN 9780253207067.

External links

Builders at BFI Screenonline

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[BFIsearch-1] "Builders". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 29 May 2025.

[BFI-2] "Builders (1942)". Screenonline. BFI. Retrieved 11 April 2012.

[:0-3] Chapman, J. (11 March 2015). A New History of British Documentary. Springer. ISBN 9780230392878.

[4] Barsam, Richard Meran (1992). Nonfiction Film: A Critical History. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. p. 184. ISBN 9780253207067.

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