Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Humphrey Jennings Director
- Michael Redgrave as the narrator
- Myra Hess as herself
- John Gielgud as Hamlet
- Frederick Allen as Self (BBC Newsreader) (uncredited)
- Bill as Self - Steam-Engine Driver (uncredited)
- Elizabeth Jenkins as Self - Tim's Mother (uncredited)
- Elvin Jenkins as Self - Tim's Father (uncredited)
- Timothy James Jenkins as Self - Tim (uncredited)
- Jennifer Cast
- Frank Phillips Cast
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