Millions like Us (Original title)Women without Uniform (Working title)
Date: 15 November 1943 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat
Synopsis: Drama following the diverse histories of members of a family which is broken up by the Second World War.
Genre: War
Subjects: World War II, Factory workers, Home fronts, Great Britain
Releases
Date: 1943Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 103 mins 07 secs - Length: 9281 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 15 November 1943Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 80 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 15 November 1943Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 103 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: General Film Distributors
Title: It happened hereAuthor: VAUGHAN, Dai Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Reflections on the nature of filmic reality, referring to MILLIONS LIKE US directed by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v49 n581 June 1982 Pages: 116-117
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v49 n581 June 1982: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2121 25 Dec 1947
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2121 25 Dec 1947: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v69 n5586 19 Dec 1947
Title: [Today's Cinema - v69 n5586 19 Dec 1947: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1902 30 Sep 1943
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1902 30 Sep 1943: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v61 n4934 24 Sep 1943
Title: [Today's Cinema - v61 n4934 24 Sep 1943: no known title]Language: English
In: The Picturegoer v12 n594 27 Nov 1943 Page: 14
Title: [The Picturegoer - v12 n594 27 Nov 1943: no known title]Language: English
Description: Synopsis.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v10 n120 December 1943 Page: 133
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v10 n120 December 1943: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v153 n4 23 Oct 1943
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v153 n4 23 Oct 1943: no known title]Language: English
Author: Storey, Peter Pages: 201 pages
Description: Narrative retelling of the exploits of the fictional characters Charters and Caldicott in the four separate films in which they appeared.
Title: Britain can take it: British cinema in the Second World War
Author: ALDGATE, Anthony Pages: 350 p.
Title: Launder and Gilliat
Author: BABINGTON, Bruce Pages: 246 p.
Title: Waving the flag: constructing a national cinema in Britain
Author: HIGSON, Andrew Pages: 322p.
Description: COMIN' THRO' THE RYE pp.27-97 EVERGREEN pp.131-42 SING AS WE GO pp.142-75 MILLIONS LIKE US pp.220-43 THIS HAPPY BREED pp.243-64
Title: Fifty key British films
Author: BARROW, Sarah Pages: xviii, 247 pages
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9285 FeetStock date: 1990BFI identifier: C-613782
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9286 FeetStock date: 1976BFI identifier: C-106788
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Film materials(19)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 3315 FeetStock date: 1976BFI identifier: C-806017
Status: Status pending - Location of material is under review
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 1255 FeetStock date: 1943BFI identifier: C-106792
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 8936 FeetStock date: 1942BFI identifier: C-106794
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9285 FeetStock date: 1990BFI identifier: C-613782
Status: Viewing - Access to film print is subject to clearance (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9286 FeetStock date: 1976BFI identifier: C-106788
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 7168 FeetStock date: 1944BFI identifier: C-106798
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: MixedSound: CombinedLength: 9086 FeetStock date: 1984BFI identifier: C-861305
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 8281 FeetStock date: 1945BFI identifier: C-727475
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 9287 FeetStock date: 1976BFI identifier: C-106791
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Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 9287 FeetStock date: 1976BFI identifier: C-106790
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Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7168 FeetStock date: 1983BFI identifier: C-106789
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Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 9287 FeetStock date: 1943BFI identifier: C-106800
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 153 FeetBFI identifier: C-181584
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Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-106795
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Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 1362 FeetStock date: 1943BFI identifier: C-106793
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Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7168 FeetStock date: 1984BFI identifier: C-106799
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Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 15 November 1943 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat
Synopsis: Drama following the diverse histories of members of a family which is broken up by the Second World War.
Genre: War
Subjects: World War II, Factory workers, Home fronts, Great Britain
Releases
Date: 1943Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 103 mins 07 secs - Length: 9281 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 15 November 1943Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 80 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 15 November 1943Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 103 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: General Film Distributors
Credits
(47)
Production Company: Gainsborough Pictures, Produced by: Edward Black, Production Manager: Jack Swinburne, In Charge of Production: Maurice Ostrer, Unit Manager: Jack Hicks, 1st Assistant Director: Jack Hicks, 2nd Assistant Director: Alf Keating, 3rd Assistant Director: Tony Monk, Continuity: Maisie Kelly, An Original Screenplay Written by: Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat, Photography: Jack Cox, Roy Fogwell, Camera Operator: Phil Grindrod, Jack Asher, 2nd Unit Camera Operator (2nd Unit): William McLeod, Focus Puller: Ronnie Taylor, 2nd Unit Focus Puller (2nd Unit): F.A. McCombie, Clapper/Loader: Paul Wilson, In Charge of Camera Department: George Hill, Central Loading: Bill Law, Stills: Ted Reed, Charles Hales, Special Effects (Trick Camera): Jack Whitehead, Special Effects (Back Projection): Alf Davis, Editing: R.E. Dearing, Cutting: Alfred Roome, Assistant Editor: Jim Connock, Francis Edge, Art Direction: John Bryan, Assistant Art Director: John Gow, L.J. Broadhouse, Draughtsman: Terence Verity, Draughtsman: G. Brooks, V. Novak, Scenic Artist: Albert Jullion, Musical Direction: Louis Levy, Sound Supervision: B.C. Sewell, Sound Recording: Sid Wiles, Sound Camera Operator: Barbara Levy, Boom Operator: Dennis Mason, Sound Assistant: Dennis Soutzos, Michael Knoll, Sound System: British Acoustic Film, Made at the: Gainsborough Studios
Cast
(42)
Patricia Roc (Celia Crowson), Gordon Jackson (Fred Blake), Anne Crawford (Jennifer Knowles), Basil Radford (Charters), Naunton Wayne (Caldicott), Moore Marriott (Jim Crowson), Eric Portman (Charlie Forbes), Joy Shelton (Phyllis Crowson), John Boxer (Tom Crowson), Valentine Dunn (Elsie Crowson), Megs Jenkins (Gwen Price), Terry Randall (Annie Earnshaw), Amy Vaness (Mrs Blythe), John Salew (Dr Gill), Beatrice Varley (Miss Wells), Bertha Willmott (the singer), Hilda Davies ([Miss Hodge, labour officer]), Irene Handl ([landlady]), Angela Foulds ([Megs]), Terence Rhodes ([Jonnie]), Paul Drake ([handsome young man]), Gordon Edwards ([wing commander]), John Wynn ([squadron leader]), Albert Chevalier, Frank Webster ([roof spotter]), Courtney Luck ([Polish officer]), Amy Dalby ([Mrs Bourne]), Johnnie Schofield ([George]), Jack Vivyan ([Sam]), Arthur Denton ([Ernie]), Avis Scott ([Alice]), Barry Steele ([Percy Hoskins]), Brenda Bruce ([Brenda]), Jonathan Field ([ugly youth]), Clifford Cobbe (['heavy rescue']), Grace Allardyce ([Mrs Hammond]), Stanley Paskin ([warrant officer]), John Slater ([man on pier]), Hugh Cross, George Hirste, Hal Gordon ([]), Alan Haines ([uncredited])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(9)
In: Vertigo v2 n7 Aut/Win 2004 Pages: 18-19Title: It happened hereAuthor: VAUGHAN, Dai Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Reflections on the nature of filmic reality, referring to MILLIONS LIKE US directed by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v49 n581 June 1982 Pages: 116-117
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v49 n581 June 1982: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2121 25 Dec 1947
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2121 25 Dec 1947: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v69 n5586 19 Dec 1947
Title: [Today's Cinema - v69 n5586 19 Dec 1947: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1902 30 Sep 1943
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1902 30 Sep 1943: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v61 n4934 24 Sep 1943
Title: [Today's Cinema - v61 n4934 24 Sep 1943: no known title]Language: English
In: The Picturegoer v12 n594 27 Nov 1943 Page: 14
Title: [The Picturegoer - v12 n594 27 Nov 1943: no known title]Language: English
Description: Synopsis.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v10 n120 December 1943 Page: 133
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v10 n120 December 1943: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v153 n4 23 Oct 1943
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v153 n4 23 Oct 1943: no known title]Language: English
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(5)
Title: Charters and Caldicott: as war beginsAuthor: Storey, Peter Pages: 201 pages
Description: Narrative retelling of the exploits of the fictional characters Charters and Caldicott in the four separate films in which they appeared.
Title: Britain can take it: British cinema in the Second World War
Author: ALDGATE, Anthony Pages: 350 p.
Title: Launder and Gilliat
Author: BABINGTON, Bruce Pages: 246 p.
Title: Waving the flag: constructing a national cinema in Britain
Author: HIGSON, Andrew Pages: 322p.
Description: COMIN' THRO' THE RYE pp.27-97 EVERGREEN pp.131-42 SING AS WE GO pp.142-75 MILLIONS LIKE US pp.220-43 THIS HAPPY BREED pp.243-64
Title: Fifty key British films
Author: BARROW, Sarah Pages: xviii, 247 pages
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(26)
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9285 FeetStock date: 1990BFI identifier: C-613782
Status: Viewing - Access to film print is subject to clearance (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9286 FeetStock date: 1976BFI identifier: C-106788
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
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Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:43:18 minutesProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-368921-2
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Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-368980-2
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Film materials(19)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 3315 FeetStock date: 1976BFI identifier: C-806017
Status: Status pending - Location of material is under review
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 1255 FeetStock date: 1943BFI identifier: C-106792
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 8936 FeetStock date: 1942BFI identifier: C-106794
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9285 FeetStock date: 1990BFI identifier: C-613782
Status: Viewing - Access to film print is subject to clearance (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9286 FeetStock date: 1976BFI identifier: C-106788
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 7168 FeetStock date: 1944BFI identifier: C-106798
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: MixedSound: CombinedLength: 9086 FeetStock date: 1984BFI identifier: C-861305
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 8281 FeetStock date: 1945BFI identifier: C-727475
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 9287 FeetStock date: 1976BFI identifier: C-106791
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 9287 FeetStock date: 1976BFI identifier: C-106790
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7168 FeetStock date: 1983BFI identifier: C-106789
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 9287 FeetStock date: 1943BFI identifier: C-106800
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 153 FeetBFI identifier: C-181584
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-106795
Status: Status pending - Location of material is under review
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 1362 FeetStock date: 1943BFI identifier: C-106793
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7168 FeetStock date: 1984BFI identifier: C-106799
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveSound: SoundBFI identifier: C-106796
Status: Status pending - Location of material is under review
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 7168 FeetStock date: 1943BFI identifier: C-106797
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Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 350 FeetStock date: 1943BFI identifier: C-181585
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film