Dover made over: this quirky and pointed public information film reveals how the heavily-bombed and shelled Kent town was being replanned after the war. The filmmakers cleverly and entertainintly capture our attention by opening on travelogue cliches that they quickly undercut. It's not white cliffs and rolling hills they want to tell us about. It's present-day Dover - remaking itself in the crisp freshness of a postwar spring.
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Mary Beales Director · Wolfgang Suschitzky Cinematographer
United States release July 15, 1947 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production COI, Data Film Productions
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Ministry of Health
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COI
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Data Film Productions
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United Kingdom
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English
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English
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United States · July 15, 1947
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United Kingdom
September 6, 1947 · Theatrical · Edinburgh International Film Festival
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