Fenlands (film)

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Fenlands is a 1945 British short film directed by Ken Annakin for the Ministry of Information's Pattern of Britain series. [1] It documents the Fenlands of East Anglia, and their change from swamplands to farmlands. [2]

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References

  1. "Fenlands (1945)". Archived from the original on 25 May 2018.
  2. "BFI Screenonline: Fenlands (1945)". www.screenonline.org.uk.