A Diary for Timothy

39m
Documentary
6.8

A narrator recounts the state of Great Britain near the end of WWII via a visual diary for the titular baby boy born in September 1944.

Cast

Michael Redgrave
Narrator (voice)
Myra Hess
Self (Pianist)
John Gielgud
Hamlet
Frederick Allen
Self (BBC Newsreader) (uncredited)
Bill
Self - Steam-Engine Driver (uncredited)
Elizabeth Jenkins
Self - Tim's Mother (uncredited)
Elvin Jenkins
Self - Tim's Father (uncredited)
Timothy James Jenkins
Self - Tim (uncredited)
Jennifer
Self - 5 Year-Old Girl (uncredited)
Frank Phillips
Self (BBC Newsreader) (uncredited)
Peter Robert
Self - RAF Pilot (uncredited)
George Woodbridge
Gravedigger (uncredited)

Crew

Humphrey Jennings
Director
E.M. Forster
Writer
Stewart McAllister
Editor
Fred Gamage
Director of Photography
Basil Wright
Producer
Ken Cameron
Sound Recordist
Jock May
Sound Recordist
Richard Addinsell
Original Music Composer
Jenny Hutt
Negative Cutter
Alan Osbiston
Supervising Editor
Muir Mathieson
Conductor

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