Two Fathers – 1944 | 10mins | Documentary, Propaganda | B&W

Plot Synopsis

The film centres mainly on the conversation of an Englishman and a Frenchman sharing a room in a small British hotel during the war. The Englishman has a son in the RAF. He sees a photograph of the Frenchman’s daughter and remarks, ‘It’s better to have a daughter in these days of war.’ The Frenchman shrugs and tells how his daughter became a nurse and is now working for the Maquis in France. He has just had news that she is alive. ‘And that is your son?’ the Frenchman asks. ‘He bailed out over France yesterday’, is the answer. After a moment, the Frenchman observes, ‘There are many who will help a British airman in France’. Their eyes turn towards the photograph of the girl.

Excerpt© ‘Puffin Asquith’ by R.J. Minney.