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A Welcome to Britain
1943 · Film · documentary · 55 min
Directed by Burgess Meredith, Anthony Asquith
An uncredited Anthony Asquith is one of the directors of this WWII film (a joint UK/US production) which aims to explain British culture and character to the newly arrived American soldier. Starting with the ubiquitous pub visit, the film breezes through geography lessons, food and entertainment on the Home Front.
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Ken Jennings has a podcast. It's excellent. (PS: Ken is hilarious. PPS: Ken says some pretty dumb stuff in the episode I'm about to mention. It's still excellent—both the podcast and the episode.) Ken's cohost brought to the show in the most recent episode, Entry 615.PS14717 of the Omnibus, the topic of the ice trade. In it they mention cold beer originally being, like many fruits, a seasonal thing. (I was sure when I saw the topic that this episode is what motivated the submission. Guess not.)
On the other hand, Meredith Burgess did a WWII-era training film for US troops called Welcome to Britain where part of it is spent explaining how to behave in a British pub. Notable for his admonishing to the viewer that, "The beer isn't cold in England. No, they don't like it cold—and they haven't any ice, so if you like beer, you better like it warm."
> 74-82% of US soldiers felt the army should be segregated.
There's a great scene in "A Welcome to Britain" - 1943 film for US soldiers stationed in the UK - that is clearly trying to sell integration to troops:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyYSBBE1DFw&t=1519s