The Eighty Days (1944)

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.

Year1944

Runtime14 min

GenresDocumentary

Production countriesUnited Kingdom

Production companies

Crown Film Unit

The Eighty Days

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