BBC: The Voice of Britain

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BBC: The Voice of Britain (1935)

Directed by Stuart Legg

Documentary · 59m

A behind-the-scenes GPO Film Unit documentary (directed by Stuart Legg) that races from studio rehearsals and newsrooms to control rooms and transmitters, weaving speeches, music, and outside broadcasts—featuring voices like H. G. Wells and Ramsay MacDonald—into a kinetic portrait of how the BBC’s national “voice” is made.

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Cast

Gilbert Keith Chesterton Self H. G. Wells Self
S
Stuart Hibberd
R
Rev 'Dick' Sheppard Val Gielgud
J
John Sharman Humphrey Jennings
A
Adrian Boult
Q
Queen Consort of George V Mary
R
Ramsay MacDonald
J
John Reith
J
J. B. Priestley

Crew

Director
Stuart Legg
Writer
Stuart Legg
Editor
Stuart Legg
Producer
John Grierson, Stuart Legg, Alberto Cavalcanti

Details

Release date
1935-07-28
Runtime
59m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
GPO Film Unit
Budget
$7,000