"That first Christmas the shepherds watched and guarded. Today in England even the shepherds are in some kind of uniform."
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Christmas Under Fire
Christmas Under Fire is a 1941 British short documentary film created for the Crown Film Unit of the Ministry of Information. It was conceived as propaganda primarily for an American audience, to raise support for the Allied cause during the Second World War. Produced in the context of German bombings of British cities, it depicts the resilience of British civilians despite the hardships they suffered during Christmas 1940, by showing the continuation of Christmas traditions in the face of the d
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