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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Peace and Plenty: A Portrait of Our Times |
| Production Date | 1939 |
| Country of Production | United Kingdom |
| Duration | 00:30:28 |
| Film Subject Era | 1939-1945 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Summary | Caustic documentary which aims to expose the austerity faced by the British working classes in comparison to the financially-motivated political elite. [WARNING: contains brief scenes that some viewers may find distressing.] |
| Subjects | Agriculture and farming; Livestock; Sports and games; Football; Health and medicine; Banking and finance; Poverty; Work and employment; Children; Unemployment; Factory workers; Salaries and wages; Government; Fishing; Social class; Invasions; Chemical warfare; Oil; Refugees; Anti-Semitism; Judaism; Religion; Spanish Civil War (1936-1939); Trade unions; Second World War (1939-1945); Socialism; Wars |
| Director | Montagu, Ivor |
| People | Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); Simon, John (1st Viscount Simon) (1873-1954) |
| Places | United Kingdom; London; Abyssinia (Ethiopia); Manchuria; Germany; Spain |
| Fiction/Non Fiction | Non Fiction |
| Sound | Sound |
| Colour Format | Black and White |
| Language | English (Narrator) |
| Module | Wars & Revolutions |
| Copyright | The British Film Institute |