Twenty-One Miles

  • Documentary
1/1/1942
11

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A short documentary illustrating the lives of the residents of Dover in Kent as the Nazi war machine - a mere 21 miles away - did it’s worst and at just how ready they were to fight back.

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      • Geronimo1967

        Also called Dover for our American cousins, this is a functional short feature depicting the life of the citizens of Dover in Kent. This was a part of the UK that was perilously close to the Nazi war machine and frequency felt its effects as this ancient town was bombed regularly whilst living under a constant threat of invasion. The photography in Dover is the basis for a broader exercise in bolstering morale in 1942 when the worst effects of the war were still being felt in parts of Southern Britain that were in ruins - but that were beginning to get back onto the front foot after the airborne Battle of Britain was won. Its peppered with some contributions from military and civilian contributors alike that illustrate a bit of the pluckine...

        March 5, 2025

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