The Eighth Army famously adopted a German song in the Western Desert. The Crown Film Unit traces the journey of Lili Marlene from its composition in post-WW1 Hamburg, via Radio Belgrade and the Afrika Korps, through victory in Tunisia and Sicily, to an imagined post-war East End, full of light, music and bananas for sale.
| Directing | Humphrey Jennings | Director |
| Production | J.B. Holmes | Producer |
| Writing | Humphrey Jennings | Writer |
| Editing | Sidney Stone | Editor |