Fires Were Started

1943 · 70 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 1,391 VOTES · DIR. Humphrey Jennings

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Overview

British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings, filmed in documentary style showing the lives of firefighters through the Blitz in World War II.

Dialogue Timeline — 647 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:06 - Good morning, girls. - Good morning.
00:04:26 Thank you.
00:06:32 Oh well... It's all right for you, you know.
00:08:15 - Pleased to meet you. - Pleased to meet you, mate.
00:09:32 Well, thank goodness, that's something.
00:11:19 Here they come. Here you are, look.
00:13:14 You know, it's a funny thing about these riverside fires
00:16:00 Right-ho, Colonel, after this shot.
00:17:42 ...across the river. All right, thank you.
00:20:39 * Three men, two men, one man and his dog
00:21:47 * Went to mow a meadow *
00:23:34 AK-AK.
00:25:54 - All right, lads, that's us. - Come on.
00:27:57 I hope when it goes, it goes the rightway.
00:30:42 I say additional message: "Order a fireboat to Alderman's Wharf."
00:32:54 - All right, up top? - Yeah, we got a roof up here.
00:34:54 - Oh, crikey! - What the hell's wrong?
00:37:20 We've got a branch on the roof we'll have to pack up unless we get water.
00:40:54 Control? Control?
00:42:26 Further help required. Nothing in B, nothing in A.
00:45:13 Get him out of the flames there.
00:49:23 Come on!
00:51:58 Come over this side.
00:59:42 Bad night? You wanna go down the road and have a look over the wall.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed647
Dialogue density9.2 lines / min
First line00:02:06
Final line00:59:42

Production Record

DirectorHumphrey Jennings
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,391