World War 1: Part 1 - "It'll All be Over by Christmas"

World War 1: Part 1 - "It'll All be Over by Christmas"The build up from 1900 to the outbreak of war in 1914 and the hopeful first months to Christmas. We see early action and images, and rare archive film of Belgian refugees in Newcastle under Lyme, November 1914, after the fall of Belgium. We see how people coped on the Home Front, and see film of women workers in factories and on the land. We commemorate the 1914 Christmas Truce when the common soldiers on both sides stopped the war for two days in a

Gordon Banks and actor James Nesbitt

We see film of Stanley Matthew’s farewell match at Stoke City in 1965 and the team returning with the League Cup in 1972

We look at further ideas for a Bennett grouping

Flying Displays at Birchall

He was right-handed and bowled at a pace that varied from medium to fast-medium

and subsequently a road of importance

pneumatic tyres and legislation created a new breed of trucks through the 1920s and 30s

A NURSE VISITING A CANAL FAMILY

the first being a complete documentary

This documentary was made to show the complete collection of artefacts and other memorabilia as displayed at St

Part 1: UNDERSTANDING US - introduces us to his views on the history

Five of the buildings were dormitories with bunk beds