Fires Were Started

1943 film by Humphrey Jennings
Movie film Q1418983
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Fires Were Started

Summary

Fires Were Started is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (162 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fires Were Started's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Fires Were Started was directed by Humphrey Jennings[4].
  • Humphrey Jennings wrote the screenplay for Fires Were Started[5].
  • Fires Were Started's composer is recorded as William Alwyn[6].
  • Fires Were Started's genre is documentary film[7].
  • Fires Were Started's genre is propaganda film[8].
  • Fires Were Started was produced by Ian Dalrymple[9].
  • Fires Were Started's director of photography is recorded as C. M. Pennington-Richards[10].
  • The original language of Fires Were Started was English[11].
  • Fires Were Started's color is recorded as black-and-white[12].
  • Fires Were Started's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[13].
  • Fires Were Started was published on January 1, 1943[14].
  • Fires Were Started's distributed by is recorded as Crown Film Unit[15].
  • Fires Were Started's main subject is aviation[16].
  • Fires Were Started's main subject is World War II[17].
  • Fires Were Started's main subject is Battle of Britain[18].
  • Fires Were Started's film editor is recorded as Stewart McAllister[19].
  • Fires Were Started's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Fires Were Started'}[20].
  • Fires Were Started's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+80'}[21].
  • Fires Were Started's assessment is recorded as Bechdel test[22].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Fires Were Started was produced by Ian Dalrymple[9]. It was directed by Humphrey Jennings[4]. Humphrey Jennings wrote the screenplay for it[5].

Publication

Fires Were Started was published on January 1, 1943[14]. The original language of it was English[11]. Genres include documentary film[7] and propaganda film[8].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include aviation[16], World War II[17], and Battle of Britain[18].

Why It Matters

Fires Were Started ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (162 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Bechdel Test Movie List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Fires Were Started. Retrieved October 4, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/fires-were-started
MLA “Fires Were Started.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 4 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/fires-were-started.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_fires-were-started_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Fires Were Started}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/fires-were-started}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-04}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 131387
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P12879]]: 131387, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269266|batch #269266]]"
  2. 14w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14551 → fires-were-started
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14551]]: fires-were-started, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/295967219|Fires Were Started (#295967219)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8091|I"
  3. 14w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → aviation, World War II, Battle of Britain
    Aliases → —
    P14449 → 72304
    Producer → Ian Dalrymple
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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