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Films set on the United Kingdom home front during World War II (24 P) Pages in category "Films set in the United Kingdom" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total.
Timelines of War: A Chronology of Warfare from 100,000 BC to the Present (1996), Global coverage. Cannon, John, ed. The Oxford Companion to British History (2003) Carlton, Charles. This Seat of Mars: War and the British Isles, 1485–1746 (Yale UP; 2011) 332 pages; studies the impact of near unceasing war from the individual to the national levels.
This is a chronological list of films produced in the United Kingdom split by decade. There may be an overlap, particularly between British and American films which are sometimes co-produced; the list should attempt to document films which are either British produced or strongly associated with British culture .
Two of the more notable directors from Wales who have retained a strong connection with the culture of Wales are Karl Francis, who for two decades was the most powerful, distinctive and combative voice in Welsh film-making; [19] and Stephen Weeks whose commercial features look back to a medieval or imperialist past, or a misty Celtic world. [20]
2013: A Field in England, a psychedelic horror film set in 17th century Monmouthshire (a county of contemporary Wales, but which was not clearly labeled as part of Wales at the time). 2013: One Chance is a British-American biographical film about opera singer and Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts
War depictions in film and television include documentaries, TV mini-series, and drama serials depicting aspects of historical wars, the films included here are films set in the period from 1775 or at the beginning of the Age of Revolution and until various Empires hit roadblock in 1914, after lengthy arms race for several years.
During the 1950s, the British industry began to concentrate on popular comedies and World War II dramas aimed more squarely at the domestic audience. The war films were often based on true stories and made in a similar low-key style to their wartime predecessors. They helped to make stars of actors like John Mills, Jack Hawkins and Kenneth More.
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Beauty and the Barge: Harold M. Shaw: Cyril Maude, Lillian Logan, Gregory Scott, Mary Brough: Comedy: The Black Spot: George Loane Tucker: Jane Gail, Gerald Ames