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A special episode of Nation on film, Shooting the War, marks the 60th anniversary of VE Day. Using amateur archive, Shooting the War tells the story of how amateur film makers managed to capture d...iffering aspects of wartime Britain, from family life in a bomb shelter in the back garden to a Battle of Britain dogfight occurring directly overhead of an amateur film-maker's house. A highlight of the programme is recently discovered footage which will be broadcast for the first time - including the only amateur film ever taken of the Battle of Britain. New material has also emerged, showing victory celebrations in Wakefield, as well as footage of the then Princess Elizabeth.
A special episode of Nation on film, Shooting the War, marks the 60th anniversary of VE Day. Using amateur archive, Shooting the War tells the story of how amateur film makers managed to capture d...iffering aspects of wartime Britain, from family life in a bomb shelter in the back garden to a Battle of Britain dogfight occurring directly overhead of an amateur film-maker's house. A highlight of the programme is recently discovered footage which will be broadcast for the first time - including the only amateur film ever taken of the Battle of Britain. New material has also emerged, showing victory celebrations in Wakefield, as well as footage of the then Princess Elizabeth.
| First transmission date: | 2005 |
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| Published: | 2005 |
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| Duration: | 00:29:00 |
| Note: | A leaflet about this series is available for Reference use onl |
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| Producer: | Rosalind Bain |
| Narrator: | David Suchet |
| Contributors: | Tim Boon; Gillian Britton; Stephen Bungay; Roy Cross; Victor Don; Geoffrey Gowlland; John Gowlland; Derek Haughton; Leonard Hornsby; Reginald Illes; Tony Maule; Rosemary Milton-Thompson; John O'Sullivan; Sue Parker; Catherine Thomas; Monica Thomas; Fred Wilkinson; Jean Wilkinson |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | Website: http://www.open2.net/nationonfilm/shootingthewar.html |
| Keyword(s): | Dog fight; Doodle bug; 'Land of Promise'; Paul Rotho; Rationing; Squatting; Victory procession |
| Subject terms: | Amateur films--Great Britain--20th century; Bombing, Aerial--Great Britain; Social change--Great Britain--History--20th century; World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain |
| Production number: | JOUA370N |
| Videofinder number: | 7002 |
| Available to public: | no |
