These questions can be used to focus students' thinking while watching the film and/or to develop their understanding of film language.

CAMERA/COMPOSITION

• What is the effect of having much of the action take place at the top of St Paul's? What different shots does this allow the filmmakers to include?

CHARACTERS AND PEOPLE

• How would you describe Leslie Howard's character in the film?
• How does the film construct the characters of the three soldiers?
• What is the role of the woman who congratulates the soldiers for fighting for the 'motherland'?

NARRATIVE

• How would you summarise the 'plot' of this short film?
• The film is propagandist in intent. How does this impact on the audience's sense of narrative?
• What is the central message of the film? If you were writing the tag-line for the DVD, what would it be?

SYMBOLISM

• What icons of 'Britishness' can you identify over the course of the film?
• What is the significance of St Paul's as the film's main location?
• Choose one of the locations that Leslie Howard points out, such as the Houses of Parliament, and explain its significance within the context of the film.

SETTING

• Note down the various settings used in the film.
• The film also refers to many different places, which the camera 'sees' from the top of St Paul's. Note down each place Leslie Howard mentions and what you think it represents.
• What do these locations represent as a whole?