Men of the Lightship
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Men of the Lightship
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Men of the Lightship is a short propaganda film produced by the Crown Film Unit for the British Ministry of Information in 1940, the year after the beginning of the Second World War. It dramatises the bombing of the East Dudgeon lightship by the Luftwaffe on 29 January 1940 and was designed to portray Germany as a barbaric enemy. An opening narration explains the traditional understanding of lightships as neutral vessels during war. The filmmakers attempted to recreate the original incident as r
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1940 British wartime propaganda film directed by David MacDonald
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_of_the_Lightship
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2023-12-18T05:13:43Z
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