Builders (film)

1942 British film by Pat Jackson

Builders

Directed by| Pat Jackson
Produced by| Ian Dalrymple
Cinematography| C.M. Pennington-Richards

Production
company

Crown Film Unit

Release date

* 1942 (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

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* John Hilton as narrator

## References

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1. ^ "Builders". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
2. ^ a b "Builders (1942)". Screenonline. BFI. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
3. ^ a b 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.

## External links

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* Builders at BFI Screenonline

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