Dover, Spring 1947

Dover, Spring 1947

12 mins | Documentary | July 15, 1947

Dover made over: this quirky and pointed public information film reveals how the heavily-bombed and shelled Kent town was being replanned after the war. The filmmakers cleverly and entertainintly capture our attention by opening on travelogue cliches that they quickly undercut. It's not white cliffs and rolling hills they want to tell us about. It's present-day Dover - remaking itself in the crisp freshness of a postwar spring.

Dover, Spring 1947

12 mins | Documentary | July 15, 1947

Dover, Spring 1947
Dover made over: this quirky and pointed public information film reveals how the heavily-bombed and shelled Kent town was being replanned after the war. The filmmakers cleverly and entertainintly capture our attention by opening on travelogue cliches that they quickly undercut. It's not white cliffs and rolling hills they want to tell us about. It's present-day Dover - remaking itself in the crisp freshness of a postwar spring.
Producers Central Office of Information (COI), Ministry of Health, Data Film Productions
Original title Dover, Spring 1947
Directors Mary Beales
Writers

Cast

Walt Staskow

as The Visitor