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The World At War - Home Fires - Britain 1940 - 1944

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Episode in a 26-part documentary series that presents a detailed survey of World War II. Episode 15 - "Home Fires - Britain 1940-1944": after the defeat in the battle for Britain the German air force changes the direction of the aerial bombings from London to the provincial cities. Coventry and Plymouth are struck the hardest. Includes archival films and testimonies. Narration by the British actor Laurence Olivier.
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Color
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Thames Television
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Philip Whitehead
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British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Fremantle Media
Independent Television (ITV)
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Documentary
Series
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English
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52
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The World At War - Home Fires - Britain 1940 - 1944
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Imperial War Museum
Thames Television
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<>,<>,<>,Great Britain
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Great Britain
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Jeremy Isaacs
Philip Whitehead
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1974
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Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
Street Scene
Firefighters
Rubble
Air-Raids
Food Rationing
Austrian Soldiers
British Soldiers
Local Population