Know Your Ally: Britain

Story

Synopsis

Know Your Ally: Britain was a 45-minute propaganda film made in 1944. It was narrated by Walter Huston and produced by the United States War Department and Signal Corp to solidify Anglo-American solidarity within the ranks as well as counter Nazi propaganda aimed at weakening the Alliance.

Director

Robert Stevenson

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

1 January 1944

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Walter Huston

  Narrator

• Ernest Bevin

  Self (archive footage)

• 

  Winston Churchill

  Self (archive footage)

• 

  Adolf Hitler

  Self (archive footage)

• Herbert Morrison

  Self (archive footage)

• 

  Louis Mountbatten

  Self (archive footage)

• 

  Benito Mussolini

  Self (archive footage)

• 

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Self (archive footage)

• 

  Orson Welles

  Narrator/Bob (helpful taxi passenger)