| Fires Were Started | |
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 Still from the documentary Fires Were Started | |
| Directed by | Humphrey Jennings |
| Written by | Humphrey Jennings |
| Produced by | Ian Dalrymple |
| Starring | William Sansom George Gravett Phillip Wilson-Dickson Fred Griffiths Loris Rey Johnny Houghton T. P. Smith John Barker |
| Cinematography | C.M. Pennington-Richards |
| Edited by | Stewart McAllister |
| Music by | William Alwyn |
| Distributed by | Crown Film Unit |
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Running time | 65 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Fires Were Started is a 1943 British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings. Filmed in documentary style, it shows the lives of firefighters through the Blitz during the Second World War. The film uses actual firemen (including Cyril Demarne) rather than professional actors.