Christmas Under Fire
christmas fire british short documentary film directed harry watt crown film unit ministry information conceived propaganda primarily american audience raise support allied cause second world war produced context german bombing british city depicts resilience british civilian despite hardship suffered christmas showing continuation christmas tradition face disruption caused war film sequel london take narrator quentin reynolds nominated academy award best documentary short churchill island film show christmas middle blitz christmas tradition depicted juxtaposition wartime backdrop christmas tree dug air raid shelter housewife buy food christmas dinner theatre stage pantomime production schoolchildren produce handmade christmas card people shown celebrating christmas sheltering london underground accompanied carol sung choir king college cambridge christmas fire produced crown film unit ministry information commissioned sequel london take designed primarily distribution america order increase film appeal american audience quentin reynolds magazine collier weekly chosen film narrator reynolds previously written narrated two british propaganda film london take london reply germany false claim film produced context blitz series german bombing raid british city began september central message film life go christmas tradition continuing despite disruption caused bombing order encourage support american population film designed shake complacency neutral america depicting resilience determination defiance british civilian one window cleaner example shown putting poster stating business usual youve got window well clean chimney well released britain film distributed america warner brother whose income distributing film donated spitfire fund used help raf construction spitfire aircraft christmas fire nominated academy award best documentary short losing stuart legg film churchill island another work wartime defence britain film included volume british film institute gpo film unit dvd collection war come super release also exists list christmas film christmas fire imdb christmas fire youtube bfi national archive christmas fire bfi screenonline