• Desert Mice
  ...s with the British army in the North Africa desert during the Second World War thwart a Nazi plan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/deser [[Category:1959 films]]
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• Appointment with Venus (film)
  ...Collections: Michael Balcon Papers H3 reprinted in ''British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference'' By Sue Harper, Vincent Porter p 41]</ref> ...f [[Alderney cattle|Alderney cattle]] from the Channel Island during World War II.<ref>[http://www.alderneysociety.org/aldcow.html Alderneysociety.org] {{
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• Young Wives' Tale
  ...chive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225194216/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bb73462|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 February 2018|title During the post-[[World War II]] housing shortage, Bruce and Mary are a married couple who both have pr
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• Forces' Sweetheart (film)
  Recently arrived back home from entertaining British troops in [[Korean War|Korea]], [[forces sweetheart|forces sweetheart]] Judy James meets with her [[Category:1953 films]]
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• Don't Panic Chaps!
  ...ation of Cinematograph Television and Allied Technicians#Act Films Ltd|Act Films Ltd]]<br>[[Hammer Film Productions]] ...Union. Published: 1983 (UK). Publisher: ACTT. {{ISBN|0 9508993 0 5}}. ACT Films Limited - Ralph Bond p81 (producer listed as Teddy Baird)</ref> Originally
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• A Day to Remember (1953 film)
  ...e their service in [[w:World War I|World War I]] or [[w:World War II|World War II]]. Charley is looking forward to meeting some French ''mademoiselles'', *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160807192628/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/A-Day-to-Remember_1953 ''A Day to Remember''] at Britmovie
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• The Square Peg
  '''''The Square Peg''''' is a 1959 British war comedy film directed by [[John Paddy Carstairs]] and starring [[Norman Wisd ...lines in [[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|Nazi-occupied France]].
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• The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
  ...t-the.html|title=Screen: British 'Coming-Out Party':Comedy on Prisoners of War at the Plaza|first=Bosley|last=Crowther|date=31 July 1962|via=NYTimes.com}} *[http://www.thegoonshow.net/film_tv_movies.asp The Goons films] at The Goon Show website
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• The Night We Dropped a Clanger
  ...ent on a secret operation in [[occupied France]] during the [[Second World War]] but a diversionary tactic turns into a [[farce|farcical]] tale of mistake ...midget aircraft start landing in southern England during the Second World War, secret agent Wing Commander Blenkinsop, [[Victoria Cross|VC]] and [[Medal
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• The Pickwick Papers (1952 film)
  ...irst British film to be shown in the Soviet Union after the [[Second World War]], premiering on 29 July 1954 in a number of cities with a dubbed soundtrac ...Berlin in 1954<ref>Harper, Sue & Porter, Vincent. ''British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference'', page 163, Oxford University Press, 2007</ref>
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• Life with the Lyons
  ...io]] and [[w:television|television]] domestic [[w:sitcom|sitcom]] from the 1950s (1950–1961 on radio, 1955–1960 on television). ...ettled in [[w:London|London]] during the [[w:Second World War|Second World War]] and featured with [[Vic Oliver]] in the radio series'' [[Hi Gang! (radio
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• A Date with a Dream
  | studio = [[Tempean Films]] ...nd decide to reform their act. This was one of [[Terry-Thomas]]'s earliest films and is reputedly partly based on his own experiences.<ref>{{cite web|url=ht
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• Hype Pressure
  ...ion with everything 1950s, to the point that even the TV has turned into a 1950s version of it. Worse yet, Tim has turned into a sock-selling conman and a T ...e Bill and Graeme perform as a hippie duo, including the return of [[World War II]].
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• Operation Bullshine
  During World War II, a [[Royal Artillery]] officer is assigned to an [[anti-aircraft]] [[art ...ar film at the British box office in 1959.<ref>"Year Of Profitable British Films." Times [London, England] 1 Jan. 1960: 13. The Times Digital Archive. Web.
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• Top Secret (1952 film)
  [[Category:1952 films]] [[Category:1950s spy comedy films]]
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• The Man Who Liked Funerals
  ...reatment."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Quinlan |first=David |title=British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 |publisher=[[Batsford Books|B.T. Batsford Ltd ...it does raise the odd smile."<ref>{{Cite book |title=Radio Times Guide to Films |publisher=[[Immediate Media Company]] |year=2017 |isbn=9780992936440 |edit
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• Raising a Riot
  | studio = [[London Films]] <br> Wessex Films | distributor = [[British Lion Films]]
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• Hotel Sahara
  | studio = Tower Films '''''Hotel Sahara''''' is a 1951 British [[war film|war]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Ken Annakin]] and starring [[Yvonne De Carl
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• Up the Creek (1958 film)
  ...www.harwichanddovercourt.co.uk/warships/corvettes/|title=Corvettes – World War 2 &#124; Harwich & Dovercourt &#124; History, Facts & Photos of Harwich}}</ [[Category:1958 films]]
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• Desmond Walter-Ellis
  ...development of [[BBC Television]] when it restarted after the Second World War. ...fter repertory work, he served in the armed forces during the Second World War.<ref name=ww/>
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