Movie

The Eighty Days (1944)

• January 2, 1944
• 14m

• Documentary

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

Starring

Edward R. Murrow