David MacDonald
Director
Men of the Lightship (1940)
Lightships (ships serving the functions of a lighthouse) have for centuries been treated as neutral during wartime, but a British lightship during World War II finds the Nazis don't respect the lightships' humanitarian purpose.
Genres: Documentary, Short, War
Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.year-1941, imdb.1940s, imdb.20th-century, imdb.ship, imdb.lighthouse, imdb.propaganda-film + 17 more, imdb.beach, imdb.death, imdb.sunken-ship, imdb.rowboat, imdb.birdcage, imdb.hammock, imdb.convoy, imdb.fog, imdb.binoculars, imdb.year-1940, imdb.coast, imdb.sea-mine, imdb.world-war-two, imdb.voice-over-narration, imdb.cannon, imdb.newspaper-headline, imdb.four-word-title
Production Companies: Crown Film Unit, Ministry of Information
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
Recommendations
25 min
Jan. 2, 1940
Released
NR