Fires Were Started (1943)
British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings, filmed in documentary style showing the lives of firefighters through the Blitz in World War II.
- Date of release
- 1943-04-12
- TMDB
- 6.1 / 10 (51)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Humphrey Jennings
Casting
- Phillip Wilson-Dickson — Walters (uncredited)
- George Gravett — Dykes (uncredited)
- Fred Griffiths — Johnny Daniels (uncredited)
- Johnny Houghton — S.H. Jackson (uncredited)
- Loris Rey — J. Rumbold (uncredited)
- William Sansom — Fireman Playing the Piano (uncredited)
- T.P. Smith
- John Barker
Interesting facts
Fires Were Started is a 1943 British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings and produced by the Crown Film Unit. Filmed in documentary style, it shows the lives of firefighters over one day and night of the Blitz during the Second World War. The film uses actual firemen rather than professional actors.
Production
Exterior shots were filmed on location, while the interior scenes were shot at Pinewood Studios. Jennings's first cut of the film was titled I Was a Fireman and ran to 74 minutes. This was cut down to 65 minutes and released as Fires Were Started.
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