Lincolnshire A Century on Film – Reel 3 The Home Front

DVD PAL

Reel 3 in the series covers the war
years. In spite of the difficulties and
wartime shortages, local film makers
managed to produce a detailed record of
this dramatic period in Lincolnshire’s
history. Drawing on their film
material, this DVD covers the period
from the last desperate months of
peace, right through to the Victory
celebrations of 1945.

Among the memorable scenes featured in
this DVD are RAF Lancasters operating
out of Lincolnshire bomber bases; Air
Raid Precaution (ARP) and incendiary
bomb exercises; War Weapons Week &
aluminium collection for Spitfires; the
sand-bagging of buildings and the
construction of air raid shelters;
arrival of evacuees from the cities;
rationing of food, fuel and other
essential supplies, the British
Restaurant and TocH organisations in
action; and the Home Guard recruitment,
training and final disbandment. Also
features extracts from the film
‘Country Town’ which shows how the
countryside was doing its bit for the
War effort.

• Running Time 80 mins approx
• PAL DVD