Editing Carol Reed (section)

==War years==
The scripts of several of Reed's films in this period were written by [[Frank Launder]] and [[Sidney Gilliat]], with the screenwriters and director working for producer [[Edward Black (producer)|Edward Black]], who released through the British subsidiary of [[20th Century Fox]].<ref name="edward">{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-british-film-moguls-ted-black/|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|date=1 December 2024|access-date=1 December 2024|title=Forgotten British Film Moguls: Ted Black}}</ref> The best known of these films are probably ''[[Night Train to Munich]]'' (1940), with [[Rex Harrison]]; ''[[Kipps (1941 film)|Kipps]]'' (1941), again with Michael Redgrave; and ''[[The Young Mr. Pitt]]'' (1942), with [[Robert Donat]] in the title role, set during the [[French Revolutionary Wars|French Revolutionary]] and [[Napoleonic Wars]].

From 1942, Reed served in the [[Royal Army Ordnance Corps]]: he was granted the rank of Captain and placed with the film unit, and then with the Directorate of Army Psychiatry.<ref>Peter William Evans [https://books.google.com/books?id=XrLQ6ODPYfcC&pg=PA185 ''Carol Reed''], Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2005, p.53</ref> For the latter body a training film, ''The New Lot'' (1943), was made, recounting the experiences of five new recruits. It had a script by [[Eric Ambler]] and [[Peter Ustinov]], with contributions from Reed, and was produced by [[Thorold Dickinson]]. It was remade as ''[[The Way Ahead]]'' (1944).