A Diary for Timothy

A Diary for Timothy
Directed by	Humphrey Jennings
Produced by	Basil Wright
Written by	Humphrey Jennings E. M. Forster
Starring	Myra Hess John Gielgud Frederick Allen George Woodbridge
Narrated by	Michael Redgrave
Music by	Richard Addinsell
Cinematography	Fred Gamage
Edited by	Stewart McAllister
Distributed by	Crown Film Unit
Release dates	1945 (1945)
Running time	38 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

A Diary for Timothy (1945) is a British documentary film directed by Humphrey Jennings. It was produced by Basil Wright for the Crown Film Unit. The narration was written by the British author E. M. Forster (spoken by Michael Redgrave) and is an account of the progress of the war during the first six months of the life of a baby named Timothy. The recoveries of a pilot with a broken leg and a miner with a broken arm are also featured. Dame Myra Hess is featured giving a concert at the National Gallery in London, several years after her appearance in Listen to Britain, and John Gielgud performs as the Prince in the gravediggers scene from Hamlet.

In a documentary on Jennings made for Channel 4 television by Kevin MacDonald in 2000, it was revealed that the baby who was the subject of the film (Timothy James Jenkins) later moved to Brighton in the 1960s and became a mod before settling down to become a teacher; he died in November 2000.

External links

A Diary for Timothy at the Internet Movie Database
A Diary for Timothy at the British Film Institute's Screenonline

The works of Humphrey Jennings

Films	Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs (producer only, 1934) The Story of the Wheel (1934) Locomotives (1934) The Birth of the Robot (dir. Len Lye, 1936) Farewell Topsails (1937) Making Fashion (1938) The Farm (1938) Design for Spring (1938) Penny Journey (1938) Spare Time (1939) The First Days (1939) Cargoes (1939) London Can Take It! (1940) Words for Battle (1941) Listen to Britain (co-director 1942) The True Story of Lilli Marlene (1943) Fires Were Started (aka: I Was A Fireman, 1943) The Silent Village (1943) V. 1 (1944) A Diary for Timothy (1945) A Defeated People (1946) The Cumberland Story (1947) The Dim Little Island (1949) Family Portrait (1950) The Good Life (completed by Graham Wallace 1951)

Other works	Pandemonium: The Coming of the Machine as Seen by Contemporary Observers, 1660-1885 (book)

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