I came across this film purely by accident, flipping the channels, and I stuck with it to see what I'd think about it, produced by Noël Coward and directed by Sir David Lean. It was basically a drama seeing how the lives of a family are changed and continue during World War II. The Gibbons family: husband/father Frank (Robert Newton), wife/mother Ethel (Brief Encounter's Celia Johnson), daughter Queenie (Kay Walsh) and son Reg (John Blythe), have moved to a house in the suburbs, after end of WWI. During the breakout of WWII, the family sees a marriage, the birth of children, heartbreak, tragedy and even some death, but all the family and their friends stick with each other through it all. Also starring Sir John Mills as Billy Mitchell, My Fair Lady's Stanley Holloway as Bob Mitchell, Amy Veness as Mrs. Flint, Alison Leggatt as Aunt Sylvia, Eileen Erskine as Vi, Guy Verney as Sam Leadbitter, Merle Tottenham as Edie and Betty Fleetwood as Phyllis Blake, with narration by Lord Sir Laurence Olivier. There doesn't seem to be a specific plot or story, it is a multi-character film, but it is an enjoyable one. Very good!
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