Dora (1933 film)

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Dora
Directed by St. John Legh Clowes
Written bySt. John Legh Clowes
CinematographySidney Eaton
Roy Fogwell
Edited bySt. John Legh Clowes
Production
company
H & S Film Services
Distributed byH & S Film Services
Release date
  • June 1933 (1933-06)
Running time
40 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

Dora is a 1933 British comedy film directed by St. John Legh Clowes. [1] It was designed to humorously highlight some of the bizarre regulations of the Defence of the Realm Act 1914 (known as DORA), drawn up during the First World War, but still enforced. In a series of incidents the restrictions of the Act are witnessed by a bemused American tourist.

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  1. Chibnall p.271

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