The British Home Front: First World War 1914-1918
Out of stock
SFE
CAT No
SNB6742
Starting at
£4.99
Starting at
£13.95
Description
For the first time ever on DVD, a comprehensive impression of life on the British Home Front during the First World War and the very varied roles and responsibilities shouldered by British citizens during a time of real sacrifice and privation. This welcome addition to the award-winning company Strike Force Entertainment’s market-leading First World War Collection provides over 2 ½ hours of the very best newsreels and film clips.
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RUNNING TIME – 153 MINS REGION 0 - PAL
NB: This title is released July 28 and will not be dispatched before this date.
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The enlisting and conscription of recruits and their preliminary military drills and training. -
Citizens’ protests against pacifists, Germans, high food prices, conscription and others demanding alcohol prohibition and enemy internment. -
The changing role of women; women as land girls, grocers, navvies, gas workers, brewers, munition workers, postal workers, firefighters and locomotive engineers. -
Emergency services; police, ambulance and fire brigade. -
Attack from the air by Zeppelin bombers and from the sea by U-Boat. -
Rationing, salvage, War Bond and communal kitchen campaigns. -
The wartime wounded; convalescent homes, shellshock victims, war neuroses, amputee / artificial limb training. -
A look at the home front Railways. -
Royal tours around the homeland; including visits to London, Bath, Clydeside and Tyneside. -
The Victory Parades.
RUNNING TIME – 153 MINS REGION 0 - PAL
NB: This title is released July 28 and will not be dispatched before this date.
Additional Information
Barcode | 5013929674257 |
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Label | SFE |
Artist | Special Interest: Wartime History |
Format | DVD |
Tracklist
Content details as above.