The Eighty Days Poster

The Eighty Days 1944

★ 6.01 votes14 min📅 1944-01-02

Overview

Humphrey Jennings’s Crown Film Unit short on the summer 1944 V-1 “doodlebug” campaign, tracking a salvo from the coast toward London as it runs Britain’s layered defenses—coastal AA guns, RAF fighters, and barrage balloons—capturing both interception and impact in a stark report of terror and resilience.

Director: Humphrey Jennings

Cast

Edward R. Murrow
Edward R. Murrow
Self (commentator)