If War Should Come DVD

GPO Film Unit: Vol 3

This volume of 18 films covers the period 1939-1941 and sees the GPO Film Unit at its most technically sophisticated, with directors such as Watt and Cavalcanti spearheading the use of documentary film in support of the war effort. The films provide a fascinating and poignant insight into a nation on the cusp of war, with masterpieces included Spare Time and London Can Take It!.

The DVD features a booklet containing essays, selected biographies and film notes.

Run time: 271 mins
Region 2 only

Disc one

• The City (1939)
• The Islanders (1939)
• Spare Time (1939)
• A Midsummer Days Work (1939)
• SS Ionian (1939)
• If War Should Come (1939)
• The First Days (1939)
• War Library Items 1,2,3 (1940)

Disc two

• Squadron 992 (1940)
• La Cause Commune (1940)
• French Communique (1940)
• The Front Line (1940)
• Men of the Lightship (1940)
• London Can Take It! (1940)
• Spring Offensive (1940)
• Story of an Air Communique (1940)
• War and Order (1940)
• Christmas Under Fire (1941)