A Diary for Timothy (1945)

6.6 | Nov 01, 1945 (GB) | Documentary | 00:39

A narrator recounts the state of Great Britain near the end of WWII via a visual diary for the titular baby boy born in September 1944.

Humphrey Jennings

Director

E.M. Forster

Writer

Jock May

Sound Recordist

Muir Mathieson

Conductor

Basil Wright

Producer

Alan Osbiston

Supervising Editor

Ken Cameron

Sound Recordist

Stewart McAllister

Editor

Fred Gamage

Director of Photography

Richard Addinsell

Original Music Composer

Cast

Michael Redgrave

Narrator (voice)

Myra Hess

Self (Pianist)

John Gielgud

Hamlet

Frederick Allen

Self (BBC Newsreader) (uncredited)

Bill

Self - Steam-Engine Driver (uncredited)

Elizabeth Jenkins

Self - Tim's Mother (uncredited)

Elvin Jenkins

Self - Tim's Father (uncredited)

Timothy James Jenkins

Self - Tim (uncredited)

Jennifer

Self - 5 Year-Old Girl (uncredited)

Frank Phillips

Self (BBC Newsreader) (uncredited)