Fires Were Started
Apr 12 1943
•1h 10m
•Drama, War
British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings, filmed in documentary style showing the lives of firefighters through the Blitz in World War II.
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Phillip Wilson-Dickson
Walters (uncredited)
George Gravett
Dykes (uncredited)
Fred Griffiths
Johnny Daniels (uncredited)
Johnny Houghton
S.H. Jackson (uncredited)
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