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  1. Real Dads Army (2002)

    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), £16.95

    Four films depicting various aspects of recruiting and training the Home Guard (Dad’s Army) during World War 2.

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  2. British Television Animation

    Date
    24 Aug 2016, 10:02
    Author
    Ben Hodson
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    British Television Animation 1997-2010: Drawing Comic Tradition by Van Norris (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), 231 pages, ISBN 978-1137330932 (paperback) £47.99 About the reviewer: Professor Paul Wells works in...

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  3. Dawn Guard, The (1941 Film)

    Director
    Roy Boulting
    Producer
    John Boulting
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Two ordinary citizens enrolled in the Home Guard reflect on the war and express their total commitment not only to the defence of Britain, but to the defeat of Fascism.

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  4. Keep Calm and Carry on: News Reports from the British Home Front 1939-1945 (2011)

    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 482 minutes), £19.99

    Compilation of newsreels from the Second World War reporting on the activities on the Home Front. Among the eight hours’ worth of material are items on the evacuation of children, air raids, gas mask...

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  5. Put That Light out! (2000 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 70 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    First programme in the series BRITAIN’S HOME FRONT, covering the period 1940-42. Eyewitness accounts by ordinary British citizens tell how they coped with everyday life against a backdrop of air raid...

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  6. Rosie Newman’s Britain at War in Colour (2011)

    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 121 minutes), £19.99

    Filmed and edited by socialite and amateur filmmaker Rosie Newman, this 1946 documentary shows members of the armed forces engaged in training exercises as well as fascinating shots of life on the Home...

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  7. When the Lights Go on Again (2002)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 75 minutes), £12.99

    Third programme in the series BRITAIN’S HOME FRONT covering the period 1943-47. Tells the story of the British people preparing for war and living through the events of the ‘Phoney War’, Dunkirk, the...

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  8. Burnley... Memories of the 1930s and 1940s: The Films of Sam Hanna

    Director
    Sam Hanna
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL), £14.99

    Sam Hanna pioneered the use of film in schools as a means of instruction. In 1932 he started to film life and events in his home town Burnley, as well as capturing dying local crafts for posterity on movie...

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  9. Whisky Galore! (1949)

    Director
    Alexander Mackendrick
    Subject
    English language and literature; Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 83 minutes), £12.99

    When a ship carrying 50,000 cases of whisky runs aground, the inhabitants of a Scottish island cannot resist the temptation to replenish their depleted supplies. Only an English Home Guard captain stands in...

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  10. New Britain, The (2013)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings; Ralph Keene; Roy Boulting; Charles Hasse; John Page
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 79 minutes), £16.33

    A collection of British wartime propaganda films made to boost optimism and showing how the armed forces and civilians stood up to the Nazi threat. THE NEW BRITAIN (1940). With great optimism, Britain...

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