Humphrey Jennings’s wartime short rallies Britain’s countryside, showing fields ploughed up from fallow, seed sown, and crops raised on once-idle land as part of the national push to feed the home front—an urgent, lyrical call to turn soil into sustenance.
Release Date | June 1, 1940 | |
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Status | Released | |
Original Title | Spring Offensive | |
Runtime | 19min | |
Budget | — | |
Revenue | — | |
Language | English | |
Original Language | English | |
Production Countries | United Kingdom | |
Production Companies | GPO Film UnitMetro-Goldwyn-MayerBFI Video |