Fires Were Started

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

Cast

Phillip Wilson-Dickson

as Walters (uncredited)

George Gravett

as Dykes (uncredited)

Fred Griffiths

as Johnny Daniels (uncredited)

Johnny Houghton

as S.H. Jackson (uncredited)

Loris Rey

as J. Rumbold (uncredited)

William Sansom

as Fireman Playing the Piano (uncredited)

T.P. Smith

John Barker

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