Village School (1940)

Release Date: 1940-01-01
Runtime: 0h 11min
Production Company: Strand Film Company
Production Country: United Kingdom
Director: John Eldridge

A real Buckinghamshire schoolteacher - the kindly Mrs James - is the star of this persuasive WWII propaganda film. Shot on location in Ashley Green, it shows how evacuees from surrounding towns adapt to village life and wartime conditions. With its images of happy, healthy children, the film was clearly designed to give reassurance to city-dwelling mothers separated from their offspring.