Tag: Focus on film VideoDig For VictoryTuesday 15 January 2013An appeal to everyone during wartime to ‘Dig for victory’ by cultivating vegetables for...VideoThe Battle of the Somme: ‘Plum Pudding’ mortar bombsThursday 16 August 2012This sequence opens with a title commenting on the supply operation to make the...VideoThe Battle of the Somme: Battle PoliceThursday 16 August 2012The film clip starts with Tommies making their way across No Man’s Land and...VideoThe Battle of the Somme: ammunition dumpsThursday 16 August 2012This clip gives us a detailed view of preparations for the attack at the...VideoThe Battle of the Somme: the impact of modern weaponsThursday 16 August 2012The clip starts with some pretty harrowing footage of a German trench devastated by...VideoWomen Making MunitionsFriday 10 August 2012The film goes straight in to show women using heavy engineering machinery such as...VideoNational Service – Women’s Land ArmyFriday 10 August 2012This short clip consists of a romantic scene in which a noble woman runs...VideoWomen’s Army in FranceFriday 10 August 2012This clip comes from a compilation film of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps in...Video‘With the North and South Irish At The Front’ Official pictures of the British army in France-Fourth seriesFriday 10 August 2012The opening titles tell us we are looking at the Ulster Division, probably from...VideoLeaders of British Empire Countries in LondonFriday 10 August 2012The film opens with a title explaining what is happening, a gathering of leaders...Video‘La Rivista Imperiale – Primo Annuale Dell’ Impero – Imperial Review – First Anniversary of the Empire – Part 2Friday 10 August 2012This sequence opens with Mussolini being cheered by huge crowds in a parade through...Video‘La Rivista Imperiale – Primo Annuale Dell’ Impero – Imperial Review – First Anniversary of the Empire – Part 1Friday 10 August 2012Mussolini strides on to the parade ground and an Italian commentary immediately starts up.... 1 2 3 … 9 »