Making of Dunkirk

The story of what it felt like to live in Britain during World War II, told through the eyewitness accounts and cine films of ordinary people.

The story of Britain during World War II, retold from a uniquely vivid and personal perspective using rarely seen home movies.

Collection includes: Mirage (1974); The Snow Goose (1975); Moonmadness (1976); Rain Dances (1977); Breathless (1978) and Stationary Traveller (1984).

Winston Churchill is undoubtedly one of the most respected and best-loved characters the nation has ever known. However, much of how people view him is based on his leadership during the bleak and dire times of the Second World War. If it wasn't for him, Britain would almost definitely have lost the war: there were those in government who encouraged Churchill to strike a deal with Hitler at the time of the Dunkirk evacuations, which took place just three weeks after he had been made Prime Minister, but he stuck resolutely to his guns and said, 'no'.