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Spring Offensive (1940)

Movie ★ 6.7 19 min

Documentary

Humphrey Jennings’s wartime short rallies Britain’s countryside, showing fields ploughed up from fallow, seed sown, and crops raised on once-idle land as part of the national push to feed the home front—an urgent, lyrical call to turn soil into sustenance.

Humphrey Jennings Director Hugh Gray Writer A.G. Street Writer

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Quick facts

Released
June 1, 1940
Runtime
19 min
IMDb
tt0152575
Language
Studio
GPO Film Unit, , BFI Video

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Frequently asked questions

What is Spring Offensive about?
Humphrey Jennings’s wartime short rallies Britain’s countryside, showing fields ploughed up from fallow, seed sown, and crops raised on once-idle land as part of the national push to feed the home front—an urgent, lyrical call to turn soil into sustenance.
Who directed Spring Offensive?
Spring Offensive was directed by Humphrey Jennings.
When was Spring Offensive released?
Spring Offensive is a 1940 documentary film.
Where can I watch Spring Offensive?
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