Home Front Through Home Movies, The

Synopsis

Five 20-minute programmes using amateur film footage together with eyewitness accounts to show ways in which ordinary people filmed everyday life in Britain and Germany during the war years 1939-45: 1) The Children’s War: war, evacuation and school life seen through the eyes of German and British children; 2) Blitz: preparations for war, including advice on building an air raid shelter and defending one’s home from air attack, and the terror of war; 3) Resistance: the British and the Germans feared invasion, governments prepared for it, and cameras filmed the results; 4) Work and Play: radical changes in working life in factory and field, contrasted with the everyday traditions and holidays, Christmas, and enjoying life; 5) Victory and Defeat: ways in which the camera captured the celebration of victory in Britain and the bitterness of defeat in Germany.

Series

History in Action, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 100 min.

Year of production

1998

Availability

Sale; 1999 sale: £19.99 (inclusive)

Notes

Broadcast on C4 from 14/5/98.

Documentation

Programme notes available from http://www.channel4.com/schools/netnotes

Uses

Ages 11-16.

Subjects

History

Keywords

amateur films; archive films; Home Front; World War II

Production Company

Name

Channel Four Television

Phone

071-396 4444

Address

LONDON
SW1P 2TX

Distributor

Name

4 Learning

Notes

Channel 4 Learning has now closed. This used to be the educational broadcasting arm of Channel 4. The online shop sold educational DVDs and CD-ROMs for use in primary and secondary schools.