num_pages: 96
description: This work suggests that Humphrey Jennings' re-enacted documentary about the London Blitz, Fires Were Started, is an understated propaganda masterpiece. The book provides an account of how Jennings recaptured the reality of the Blitz for his cumbersome camera through a process of meticulous research.
language: English
title: Fires Were Started
titlecomplete: Fires Were Started (BFI Film Classics)
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 11
series: BFI Film Classics
publisher: British Film Institute