Daithi

When I was a child back in the mid-fifties I saw part of a movie and it has been driving me nuts since.

As I recall, and please remember, it has been a long time, the film was about a family in London. The father was in uniform, either military or police/civil defense. He was away when his home was bombed and he thought family was dead. The child survived but thought the father was dead.
When the child was little the father used to sing "Long long ago" by Thomas Haynes Bayly (tell me the tales that to me were so dear, long long ago, long long ago). The child wanders London hoping to find her father and the father is roaming around humming the song missing his daughter.

I know this is a needle in a haystack search. The movie was on daytime TV in the '50's so it is pretty old. I saw half the movie at a neighbors house and got called home for Sunday dinner and have wanted to see the movie since.

Any help or hints appreciated.

Fellwanderer

Can't help directly but a Google search threw up a similar request which might offer a couple more clues to help identify the film:

"years ago, in the UK, I remember watching a romantic weepy film on TV. I am almost sure that the film ended with a woman sitting with a young child, and the child says "tell me the story of long long ago",then the music of that song ends the film. I asked my mother, but she cant remember. Can anyone help with the title of the film,or any clues where I might find out?"

All the best
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