Wartime Winter and Summer, A
- Synopsis
- When the Second World War broke out Britain faced much more than a military crisis. Two-thirds of our food was imported, but these imports were immediately halted by the German blockade. If Britain was not to starve, it had to do two things: reduce consumption of food in the home and increase production on the farm.
Both objectives were achieved. Output from Britain’s farms doubled, and rationing eked out scarce food with the result that nobody starved. The story of how this was achieved is told in this twelve-part series.
A WARTIME WINTER and A WARTIME SUMMER recreate a year in the life of a wartime farm, growing the crops which were of such vital importance - wheat, sugar beet, potatoes, flax, and hay. Wartime food advisor and cookery writer Marguerite Patten is amongst the interviewees - including farmers and land girls - who give eyewitness accounts of those extraordinary times. - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2006
- Notes
- WARTIME WINTER was broadcast on ITV in 6 weekly parts beginning 5/11/2005 and WARTIME SUMMER begining 10/1/2006
- Subjects
- Agriculture; History
- Keywords
- horticulture; social history; World War II
Credits
- Contributor
- Marguerite Patten; Paul Heiney
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £24.95
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 240 minutes
- Year
- 2006
- Type
- VHS
- Format
- PAL
- Price
- £24.95
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 240 minutes
- Year
- 2006
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
Old Pond Publishing
- info@oldpond.com
- Web
- http://www.oldpond.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01473 238 200
- Fax
- 01473 238 201
- Address
- Dencora Business Centre
36 White House Road
Ipswich
IP1 5LT - Notes
- DVDs and books for enthusiasts in the land-based industries: farmers and smallholders, workers in the earthmoving, forestry and heavy transport occupations. Titles deal with current activities and machinery as well as the history of the industries.
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