We Dive at Dawn (Original title)
Date: 28 June 1943 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Anthony Asquith
Synopsis: Story of the submarine "Sea-Tiger" who is given secret orders to sink the Nazi battleship "Brandenburg".
Genre: War
Subjects: World War II, Royal Navy, Submarines
Releases
Date: 1943Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 98 mins Length: 8794 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2133 18 Mar 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v70 n5611 18 Feb 1948
Title: [Today's Cinema - v70 n5611 18 Feb 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v151 n8 22 May 1943
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v151 n8 22 May 1943: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1879 22 Apr 1943
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1879 22 Apr 1943: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v60 n4867 20 Apr 1943
Title: [Today's Cinema - v60 n4867 20 Apr 1943: no known title]Language: English
In: The Picturegoer v12 n584 10 Jul 1943 Page: 14
Title: [The Picturegoer - v12 n584 10 Jul 1943: no known title]Language: English
Description: Synopsis.
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Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(13)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8736 FeetBFI identifier: C-189182
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Video materials(2)
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-593068
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-232029
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(11)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 8760 FeetStock date: 1944BFI identifier: C-189181
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 8627 FeetStock date: 1943BFI identifier: C-189183
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 6515 FeetStock date: 1943BFI identifier: C-189184
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8736 FeetBFI identifier: C-189182
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 8720 FeetBFI identifier: C-189175
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 8734 FeetBFI identifier: C-189176
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-189185
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 8722 FeetStock date: 1943BFI identifier: C-189180
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 9300 FeetStock date: 1943BFI identifier: C-189177
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 9400 FeetStock date: 1943BFI identifier: C-189178
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original / Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MixedLength: 9450 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-189179
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 28 June 1943 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Anthony Asquith
Synopsis: Story of the submarine "Sea-Tiger" who is given secret orders to sink the Nazi battleship "Brandenburg".
Genre: War
Subjects: World War II, Royal Navy, Submarines
Releases
Date: 1943Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 98 mins Length: 8794 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(28)
Production Company: Gainsborough Pictures, Produced by: Edward Black, In Charge of Production: Maurice Ostrer, [Production Manager]: Fred Gunn, [Continuity]: Jo Harcourt, Story and Screen Play: J.B. Williams, Val Valentine, [Screenplay]: Frank Launder, Photography: Jack Cox, [Camera Operator]: Phil Grindrod, [2nd Camera Operator]: George Stevens, [Focus Puller]: David Harcourt, [Clapper Loader]: John Gunn, [Backings]: E. Lindegaard, [Special Effects]: Jack Whitehead, Editing: R.E. Dearing, Cutting: Charles Saunders, Art Director: Walter Murton, [Draughtsman]: Maurice Carter, [Draughtsman]: Lawrence Broadhouse, John Gow, Musical Director: Louis Levy, Sound Supervision: B.C. Sewell, [Sound recording]: Sid Wiles, [Sound Camera Operator]: Edith Kanturek, [Boom Operator]: Charles Wheeler, Made at the: Shepherd's Bush Studios
Cast
(37)
Eric Portman (L/Seaman James Hobson, on hydrophones), John Mills (Lt Freddie Taylor, captain), Reginald Purdell (CPO Dickie Dabbs, coxwain), Niall MacGinnis (CPO Mike Corrigan, torpedo gunner's mate), Louis Bradfield (Lt Brace, first officer), Ronald Millar (Lt Johnson, third officer), Jack Watling (Lt Gordon, navigating officer), Caven Watson (CPO Duncan, chief engine room artificer), Leslie Weston (L/Seaman 'Tug' Wilson, ldg torpedo oprtr), Norman Williams ('Canada', periscope operator), Lionel Grose ('Spud', torpedo operator), David Peel ('Oxford', helmsman), Philip Godfrey ('Flunkey', steward), Robert Wilton ('Pincher', cook), Ian Fleming ([officer]), John Salew ([Drake]), Ian Wilson ([man asking for cigarettes]), Joan Hopkins ([Ethel Dabbs]), Marie Ault ([Mrs Metcalfe]), Frederick Burtwell ([Sidney Biggs]), Josephine Wilson ([Mrs Alice Hobson]), Beatrice Varley ([Mrs Dabbs]), John Slater ([Charlie]), Victor Beaumont ([German submarine officer]), Walter Gotell ([German submarine captain]), Philip Friend ([Humphries]), Kenneth Evans, Charles Russell, Gerik Schjelderup, Mike Johnson, Franklyn Bennett, Bryan Powley, Merle Tottenham, Joan Sterndale-Bennett, George Cross, John Redmond, Johnnie Schofield ([uncredited])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(10)
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2133 18 Mar 1948Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2133 18 Mar 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v70 n5611 18 Feb 1948
Title: [Today's Cinema - v70 n5611 18 Feb 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v151 n8 22 May 1943
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v151 n8 22 May 1943: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1879 22 Apr 1943
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1879 22 Apr 1943: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v60 n4867 20 Apr 1943
Title: [Today's Cinema - v60 n4867 20 Apr 1943: no known title]Language: English
In: The Picturegoer v12 n584 10 Jul 1943 Page: 14
Title: [The Picturegoer - v12 n584 10 Jul 1943: no known title]Language: English
Description: Synopsis.
In: Page: 62
Title: [ - : no known title]
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Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(13)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8736 FeetBFI identifier: C-189182
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Video materials(2)
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-593068
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-232029
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(11)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 8760 FeetStock date: 1944BFI identifier: C-189181
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 8627 FeetStock date: 1943BFI identifier: C-189183
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 6515 FeetStock date: 1943BFI identifier: C-189184
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8736 FeetBFI identifier: C-189182
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 8720 FeetBFI identifier: C-189175
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 8734 FeetBFI identifier: C-189176
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-189185
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 8722 FeetStock date: 1943BFI identifier: C-189180
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 9300 FeetStock date: 1943BFI identifier: C-189177
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 9400 FeetStock date: 1943BFI identifier: C-189178
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original / Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MixedLength: 9450 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-189179
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film