KEEP SMILING THROUGH - Britain's Home Front NEW&SEALED

Audio : Mono

Summer 1940. Britain braced itself for invasion and the British people stood resolute as never before in the face of the Nazi threat. They watched the skies as the RAF battled the Luftwaffe, then endured the nightly horrors of the London Blitz. Th invasion never never came. Britain's defences had proved too strong and its people too defiant. But the war was far from won, and now the people had to prepare themselves for years of deprivation and sacriface........

This fascinating DVD looks at the realities of life for the people of Britain in the early years of the war, using exclusive interviews, rare archive footage, public information films of the era and expert commentary from Major and Mrs Holt.

A member of Britain's 'Secret Army' breaks his silence to reveal top secret plans to fight the Nazi invaders had they come, together with a look at our defences nad special 'flame weapons'. A former 'Land Girl' recalls how an army of women helped to keep Britain fed and a wartime fireman gives a first hand account of the struggle to save London during the Blitz.

Compelling original public information films such as "Dig For Victory" show how the British people were taught to raise their own crops and chickens and to tackle incendiary bombs. Also included are rare newsreel films from America, reporting on Britain's valient fight for freedom and the Land-Lease arrangements which helped to keep the nation armed and fed.

A powerful and inspiring portrait of the British in their 'Finest Hour', KEEP SMILING THROUGH is one of the most thorough and engrossing film histories of a people at war ever made......