Know Your Ally: Britain

42min

War

Documentary

Know Your Ally: Britain was a 45-minute propaganda film made in 1944. It was narrated by Walter Huston and produced by the United States War Department and Signal Corp to solidify Anglo-American solidarity within the ranks as well as counter Nazi propaganda aimed at weakening the Alliance.

Cast

Ernest Bevin

Ernest Bevin

Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)
Herbert Morrison

Herbert Morrison

Self (archive footage)
Louis Mountbatten

Louis Mountbatten

Self (archive footage)
Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)
Orson Welles

Orson Welles

Narrator/Bob (helpful taxi passenger)

Release date

1st Jan 1944

Status

Released

Spoken languages