I could be Timothy, same age within a month or so. I was so lucky to be born at the beginning of the post war recovery. For which I thank all the people who came before. A very touching film that I had not seen before.
Thanks so much for this. I know my relatives will love it, including the one's who lived through something the likes of which I can only imagine. All the best.
Came across this film in The Geographical Magazine (1957). Says it was written by E. M. Forster. Director Jennings died in 1950 whilst working on a film in Greece. Edit: Don't know how Timothy's life turned out, hopefully well.
What it inspires me to think is that there were poor little 'Timothys' in ALL nations involved in ALL wars across the world. I feel sad for all of them. I love the style and tone of Jennings' films but I'm not convinced the message was wholly right. With hindsight we are not so divided or different from our neighbours and, as the Jew says in Renoir's masterpiece 'La Grande Illusion' as he and his friend escape to Switzerland, borders 'were invented by men, nature doesn't care.'
@@davidsanderson5918 Good reply, but of course in at his time, Jennings could only speak for the "Timothys" of Britain. In hindsight, the Timothys of Europe grew up into a world which, with foreign aid pouring in from Britain and America, wasn't such a bad place to grow up in at all. It was a place of hope and renewal. Its the Timothys born into today's world whom I really fear for. The borders have come down in many ways, but I don't believe for a moment that it makes us a better people. Virtue signalling does not make society a safer place. I'm glad I'm not younger, that's all I can say.
Wonderful stuff. Filmed twenty years before I was born, but the remnants of this patriotic so-very-English society remained as I grew up. Now, sadly, it's been diluted into oblivion. Harsh times to live.... the hospital scenes were excellent. I just wish we could have seen a soldier laying in bed smoking a cigarette ;)
I hope Myra Hess got a fat check from Steinway. Never before seen a piano branded quite so subtly. They still have weekly Dame Myra Hess concerts, free to all, every week in Chicago, they've been going on for nearly 50 years in her memory. A great lady.
Allan Miller - I think you missed the whole point of the movie.:)) it was meant as a hymn to co-operation. The working man and woman. Recovery. Hope. Perseverance. Internationalism. Rebuilding. Birth. Regeneration. Democracy. Art. And explains why the Labour government got in by a landslide. And is everything that Capitalism did it's best to destroy since. And failed.
Extra special slow handclap for Allan Miller (comment below). "NOT SO TODAY WITH THE SOCIALIST IN CONTROL". Who do you think built the post-war society that Timothy is being asked to look forward to? The Tories?
Little Timothy was always embarrassed by this film, and would grow up to vote leave in the 2016 EU referendum, such was his dedication to future generations.
Why "embarassment ? ".. This baby was indeed fortunate, My husband, at a similar age ,was dug out of an air raid shelter, following blitzreig on Liverpool . This sensitive film did truthfully represent the realities of the final year of WWII.My late in laws provided more ch information on these days.I too, voted to l leave the EU,Britain stood, patriotic and aware of the need to protect future generations, from the oppression of foreign powers....
Well a great attempt to encourage people to vote for the Labour Party and they did, now it’s happened again but have we got the courage to create a more even society without billionaires ?
THIS WAS THE BEST OF TIMES AND THE WORST OF TIMES, BUT WE WERE FORTUNATE TO LIVE IN THIS TIME AS A FREE PEOPLE. NOT SO TODAY WITH THE SOCIALIST IN CONTROL. THERE IS NO BEST OF TIMES IN THE FUTURE AND THE WORST OF TIMES HAS NOT REACHED IT'S ZENITH YET. I GET SWELLED UP INSIDE WATCHING VIDEOS OF WW2. I WAS A PRE WAR BABY.
I could be Timothy, same age within a month or so. I was so lucky to be born at the beginning of the post war recovery. For which I thank all the people who came before.
A very touching film that I had not seen before.
Thanks so much for this. I know my relatives will love it, including the one's who lived through something the likes of which I can only imagine. All the best.
Came across this film in The Geographical Magazine (1957). Says it was written by E. M. Forster. Director Jennings died in 1950 whilst working on a film in Greece.
Edit: Don't know how Timothy's life turned out, hopefully well.
Humphrey Jennings was a genius. He gave Britain a face- the face of heroes. Every bit as inspiring today, if not more so.
What it inspires me to think is that there were poor little 'Timothys' in ALL nations involved in ALL wars across the world. I feel sad for all of them. I love the style and tone of Jennings' films but I'm not convinced the message was wholly right. With hindsight we are not so divided or different from our neighbours and, as the Jew says in Renoir's masterpiece 'La Grande Illusion' as he and his friend escape to Switzerland, borders 'were invented by men, nature doesn't care.'
@@davidsanderson5918 Good reply, but of course in at his time, Jennings could only speak for the "Timothys" of Britain. In hindsight, the Timothys of Europe grew up into a world which, with foreign aid pouring in from Britain and America, wasn't such a bad place to grow up in at all. It was a place of hope and renewal.
Its the Timothys born into today's world whom I really fear for. The borders have come down in many ways, but I don't believe for a moment that it makes us a better people. Virtue signalling does not make society a safer place. I'm glad I'm not younger, that's all I can say.
Wonderful stuff. Filmed twenty years before I was born, but the remnants of this patriotic so-very-English society remained as I grew up. Now, sadly, it's been diluted into oblivion. Harsh times to live.... the hospital scenes were excellent. I just wish we could have seen a soldier laying in bed smoking a cigarette ;)
@15:45 - "Give us a fag doc" followed by the Doctor inserting a cigarette in patient's mouth. LOL Those were the days ;)
Who’s watching this as part of an ‘Essay Film’ module at uni?? L
sadly, yes
me!!!
Yes, at the University of Southampton, studying history.
I hope Myra Hess got a fat check from Steinway. Never before seen a piano branded quite so subtly.
They still have weekly Dame Myra Hess concerts, free to all, every week in Chicago, they've been going on for nearly 50 years in her memory. A great lady.
what does the narrator mean by " for alonso is being fought the worst war ever known" at 1:58. is Alonso a place?
"for around you is being fought..." Not sure how you hear "alonso".
@@bathjan2259 I suppose people don't say the words 'around you' quite like that anymore...so it might sound a bit strange to a young person. :)
@@bathjan2259 Because the autogenerated subs wrote Alonso ahahahaha
Allan Miller - I think you missed the whole point of the movie.:)) it was meant as a hymn to co-operation. The working man and woman. Recovery. Hope. Perseverance. Internationalism. Rebuilding. Birth. Regeneration. Democracy. Art. And explains why the Labour government got in by a landslide. And is everything that Capitalism did it's best to destroy since. And failed.
@rowanphoto oh god, my final in in a few hours
Extra special slow handclap for Allan Miller (comment below). "NOT SO TODAY WITH THE SOCIALIST IN CONTROL". Who do you think built the post-war society that Timothy is being asked to look forward to? The Tories?
Little Timothy was always embarrassed by this film, and would grow up to vote leave in the 2016 EU referendum, such was his dedication to future generations.
Why "embarassment ? ".. This baby was indeed fortunate, My husband, at a similar age ,was dug out of an air raid shelter, following blitzreig on Liverpool . This sensitive film did truthfully represent the realities of the final year of WWII.My late in laws provided more ch information on these days.I too, voted to l leave the EU,Britain stood, patriotic and aware of the need to protect future generations, from the oppression of foreign powers....
Tim moved to Brighton in the 1960s and became a mod before settling down to become a teacher; he died in November 2000.
@Henry Cohn You're the embarassment. Not only is your comment spectacularly stupid, it's a blant lie if Elitist20 is to be believed.
Thumbs up if your watching this studying for 101B
Well a great attempt to encourage people to vote for the Labour Party and they did, now it’s happened again but have we got the courage to create a more even society without billionaires ?
THIS WAS THE BEST OF TIMES AND THE WORST OF TIMES, BUT WE WERE FORTUNATE TO LIVE IN THIS TIME AS A FREE PEOPLE. NOT SO TODAY WITH
THE SOCIALIST IN CONTROL. THERE IS NO BEST OF TIMES IN THE FUTURE AND THE WORST OF TIMES HAS NOT REACHED IT'S ZENITH YET. I GET SWELLED UP INSIDE WATCHING VIDEOS OF WW2. I WAS A PRE WAR BABY.
take your meds,sir
shut up geezer