The Home Front: East Anglia at War

East Anglia is at war: evacuees have flooded in from the cities. The Home Guard patrols the countryside; the Land Army work the fields. Blackouts, air raids, gasmasks and rationing have become part of everyday life. Using dramatic, rare film, discover how ordinary people in the East of England endured a war that changed their lives forever. 

Featuring footage from the East Anglian Film Archive at the University of East Anglia