Army Kinematograph Service
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The Army Kinematograph Service was established during the Second World War by the British government in August 1941 to meet the increasing training and recreational needs of the British Army. Created
Corporal M A Moyse of the Army Kinematograph Service (AKS) at the entrance to the Anzio Ritz, a small dug-out cinema created for U.S. Fifth Army troops in the Anzio beachhead in Italy, March 1944
The Way Ahead
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The Way Ahead is a British Second World War drama film directed by Carol Reed. The screenplay was written by Eric Ambler and Peter Ustinov. The film stars David Niven, Stanley Holloway and William Har
Army Kinematograph Service
…like The Next of Kin, it is now considered a minor classic. Its influence was sufficient for it to be used as the basis for the 1944 feature film The Way Ahead. Between 1944-1946 a series of morale-boosting films were made on location in the Far East called Calling Blighty. These were filmed messages home from…
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