Films from the Home Front is a website featuring films of life in Britain during theSecond World War.

The site offers free public access to these selected films, the majority of which are being made available to the public for the very first time. This new lifelong learning resource is dedicated to giving people of all ages the opportunity to discover more about the impact of the Second World War and the immediate post-war period on everyday life. It offers a unique perspective on the lives of ordinary people in Britain on the home front as seen through amateur films and home movies and alongside more ‘official’ sources such as newsreels and government films.

The site is organised into major themes, which explore issues characterising life during the war. These include: Children in War-time, Civil Defence, Community Life, Displaced People, Home and Family Life, Women's Role on the Home Front and Victory Celebrations in 1945.

They explain how the films reveal many dramatic changes that took place in the country during this period. In addition, each of the archives has its own section on the site highlighting how the films fit into the story of their region during the Second World War.

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Whitehawk Primary School on the Home Front is a new website featuring events and activities run at Whitehawk Primary School in Brighton on life in Whitehawk in the Second World War. Screen Archive South East, at the University of Brighton, in partnership with Whitehawk Primary School, have built the site as part of the Big Lottery Fund’s Their Past Your Future (TPYF2) programme.

Over the course of four days in May 2008 children from the school engaged in a number of learning activities aimed at encouraging young people to develop an understanding of the conflict’s significance to their local area. Activities at the school included meeting and interviewing 'home front veterans' - local residents who had been at school during the Second World War, touring the school's World War Two air raid shelter, watching and producing commentaries for a World War Two film from Screen Archive South East, performing drama activities, creating art work and writing articles and poetry.

The site, ‘Whitehawk Primary School on the Home Front’, offers free public access to the many outputs from these events, including over 20 video clips showing the children's activities and outputs.
'Whitehawk Primary School on the Home Front’ is a companion site to 'Films from the Home Front' which features archive films illustrating life on the home front in Britain during the Second World War.

This project was enabled through funding from the 'Their Past Your Future 2' Grant Programme. This funding is distributed and administered by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.

Visit the site at:
www.movinghistory.ac.uk/whitehawkhomefront