Using rare news footage and interviews from the incredible British Pathe archive this extraordinary series provides a unique year by year look at what made the news of yesteryear. With a comprehensive hour long programme on each year of the 1940s this 3 disc - set package provides the definitive insight into the decade that took us from World War through Victory to an all new age of austerity in a newly divided world. At the beginning of the 1940s - the world woke up to the expansionist ambitions of Nazi Germany as Hitler's forces made steady progress invading Finland... Denmark Norway Belgium Holland and France. Japan Yugoslavia Greece and Bulgaria bolstered the Axis Forces. By 1942 a state of global war ensued; the US had entered the conflict following the Japanese attack on the US Navy at Pearl Harbour and the war spread to campaigns in the Pacific Burma North Africa Russia and the Atlantic. 1943 was a tuning point for the Allies with the bloody siege of Stalingrad ending success repelling the German forces in Tunisia and the surrender of Italy. D-Day in June 1944 saw the Normandy landings of Allied invasion troops - the world's biggest combined land sea and air operation. As the Allied force made progress to Berlin and eventual Victory In Europe the grim realities of the concentration camps were revealed to a disgusted world. Post-war the United Nations and NATO were formed and the Iron Curtain fell and divided Europe and Berlin. In the UK a new age of austerity began with wartime rationing continuing and a challenging balance of payments deficit with many produced goods strictly for 'Export Only'. Princess Elizabeth married the Welfare State and the NHS were inaugurated and the Nationalisation of core public utilities and industries began in earnest under Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government. [show more]
We will publish your review of Pathe Archive -A Year To Remember - The 1940s on DVD within a few days as long as it meets our guidelines.
None of your personal details will be passed on to any other third party.
Historical documentary charting each year of the 1940s, a period which saw the majority of World War II's atrocities, the end of Stalingrad, and the subsequent post-war debris beginning to be cleared. The 1940s were a time personified by conflict, strife and hard work. The war seemed to stretch to all corners of the world, as far as the Pacific, North Africa, Russia and the USA. At the beginning of the decade, Hitler went from strength to strength, invading more and more foreign territory and spreading his campaign of hate further across the globe. As victory for the Allies came closer, the world watched in horror as the full realities of Hitler's death camps were revealed. Post-war, the Iron Curtain fell over Europe, and in Britain, rationing continued as new Prime Minister Clement Attlee tried to move the country forward on a hopeful note, introducing services like the NHS and Welfare State.
This site uses cookies.
More details in our privacy policy
