War-Time Activities

Summary

Home front wartime activities of the Morton family from Shirley in the West Midlands.

Year:

1943

Duration:

0:04:29

Film type:

Black & White / Silent

Genre:

Home Movie

Master format:

9.5mm

Description

"The Three Services". We see a young man wearing Royal Navy uniform sitting in a deckchair in a garden and playing with a cat. He is joined in shot by a Special Constable (the film maker) and then by the film maker's wife and daughter who are wearing Women's Voluntary Service uniforms. "Digging for Victory". Kenneth Morton and daughter transporting a load of manure using hand-cart along a road and Mr and Mrs Morton working on their allotment. "Wings for Victory parade". A parade of service personnel along Stratford Road in Shirley.


Credits

No credits specified


Notes

Various 'Wings for Victory' events took place across the country to raise money for the RAF in 1943.