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Episode 15, Home Fires : Britain 1940-1944

Item number (ISN):

261319

Series title:

The World at War

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1974

Item number (ISN):

261319

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CTV TELEVISION NETWORK / RÉSEAU DE TÉLÉVISION CTV: OFF-AIR

Accession:

1979-0374

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1974

Production company:

Thames Production

Production credit:

producer, Philip Whitehead; executive producer, Jeremy Isaacs; scenario, Angus Calder; editing, Alan Afriat; narration, Lawrence Olivier

Country of production:

cn

Distributor name:

CTV Television Network

Description:

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Documentary covering the war period in Britain between 1940 and 1944.~Covered are: the hardships caused by the bombing of Coventry; the evacuation of families in target areas; the treatment of suspected fifth columnists and enemy aliens; newspaper censorship; the careers of Winston Churchill, Max Beaverbrook, and Ernest Bevin; British support for Russia's defense; the Black Market; conservation of clothing and transportation facilities; the role of the BBC and other cultural resources; the Kent Mine Strike; the fate of domestic reform programs; new voting trends; the release of British fascist leader Oswald Moseley and his wife; Allied troops on British soil; and the German use of the V1 rocket against British cities.~Footage includes: British servicemen and service women wearing gas masks; British servicemen and service women fox trotting to dance band music; Herbert Morrison visiting demolished Coventry; Churchill visiting Coventry and being cheered by its citizens; Churchill addressing his war cabinet regarding the need to resist and persevere; comedian George Formby singing about the Home Guard; the Isle of Mann internment camp; Bevin speech-making to factory workers; Sir Stafford Cripps speech-making; Harry Pollitt, Secretary of the Communist Party, speech-making; Michael Foot, MP, speaking in Parliament; an official statement by Sir William Beveridge describing his report; Dame Mara Hess playing piano; Tommy Handley and Gracie Fields performing their humourous routines; riots in the streets in reaction to Moseley's release; and an Austrian member of the Pioneer Corps working.~Comments are provided by: Alderman G. Hodgekinson, Chairman of the Coventry War Emergency Committee; Sir Trevor Evans; Lord Shinwell; Cecil King, Director of the Daily Mirror; Tom Driberg, MP; Lord Avon, member of the War Cabinet; J.B. Priestley; David Hewitson, a "Bevin Boy" miner; Arthur Horner, NUM leader; and Lord Butler, Minister of Education. <60mn>

Language:

English

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1. Source of description: viewing of document.~2. ADIEU ALOUETTE PROMO. A look at what makes Quebec unique.~3. Commerical for: Plymouth Clothing Store (Ottawa).~4. Includes a promo for the CBC Television series MARKETPLACE and HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA.

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Vault ISN:

299784

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2 8007-0172

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

60:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

683311

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2_8007-0172.mxf

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V2 8007-0172

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

691437

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2_8007-0172.mp4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V2 8007-0172

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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