David (1951)

Release Date: 1951-07-01
Runtime: 0h 40min
Production Company: World Wide Pictures
Production Country: United Kingdom
Director: Paul Dickson

Told with authenticity and perception, David looks back on the life of a school caretaker in a Welsh mining town, from the marriage and birth of his son to the trauma of a pit accident. David was the first film produced by the BFI, in 1951, and the Welsh selection for the same year’s Festival of Britain screenings in London.