Editing In Which We Serve (section)

===Filming===
Shooting began at [[Denham Studios]] on 5 February 1942. From the start, Coward was happy to let production crew members take charge in their areas of expertise while he concentrated on directing the actors and creating his own portrayal of Kinross. However, he soon became bored with the mechanics of filmmaking and after six weeks he came to the studio only when scenes in which he appeared were being filmed.<ref name=h326>[[#Hoare|Hoare]], p.&nbsp;326–31</ref> At one point, he invited the royal family to the set and [[newsreel]] footage of their visit proved to be good publicity for the film.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/PFy_Q-Sg5wY Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160324145217/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFy_Q-Sg5wY Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFy_Q-Sg5wY|title=Royal Family at Denham Studios (NO SOUND) |date=21 July 2015 |publisher=[[Movietone News|British Movietone News]]|access-date=30 July 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

During the filming, the character of Albert Fosdike, "Shorty" Blake's brother-in-law, was recast after actor [[William Hartnell]] turned up late for his first day of shooting. Coward berated Hartnell in front of cast and crew for his unprofessionalism. He then made him personally apologise to everyone before sacking him. [[Michael Anderson (director)|Michael Anderson]], the film's [[First Assistant Director|first-assistant director]], took over the part (credited as "Mickey Anderson").<ref>{{cite book |last=Hoare |first=Philip |title=Noël Coward: A Biography |url=https://archive.org/details/nolcowardbiogr00hoar |url-access=registration |location=New York |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=1995 |isbn=978-0-684-80937-3 |ref=Hoare}}Page unspecified.</ref>

Coward was anxious that it succeed, not only because it was his first film project, but because he felt it was his contribution to the war effort and he wanted it to be perceived as such by the public. The première was a gala event held as a benefit for several naval charities and Coward was pleased to see a large presence of military personnel.<ref name=h326/>

Richard Attenborough appeared as a sailor deserting his post under fire. His name and character were omitted from the original release-print credits but were subsequently added.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--archive/obituaries/obituary-richard-attenborough | title=Obituary: Richard Attenborough }}</ref>