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The film begins on 3 September 1939, the day Britain declared war on Germany. It tells the story of the Rohan family (Billy, his sisters Sue and Dawn, and his parents Grace and Clive), who live in a suburb of London. Clive joins the army, leaving Grace alone to watch over the children.
The Royal Navy initiated a naval blockade of Germany on 4 September. Although Britain and France honoured these guarantees by declaring war two days after Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, [6] and the dominions of the British Empire quickly followed suit, so little practical assistance was given to Poland, which was soon defeated, that in its early stages the war declared by ...
At 9:00 a.m. Britain gave Germany a deadline of 11:00 a.m. to announce that it was prepared to withdraw its troops from Poland or else a state of war would exist between Britain and Germany. The deadline passed with no response. [32] At 11:15 a.m. Neville Chamberlain announced on BBC Radio that Britain and Germany were at war. "You can imagine ...
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1939: All Living Things: Andrew Buchanan: Catherine Lacey, Michael Gainsborough: Drama short [1]The Arsenal Stadium Mystery: Thorold Dickinson: Leslie Banks, Greta Gynt, Ian McLean
The film is an ensemble piece that covers the period between 27 August 1939 and 9 September 1940, when World War II began and London was subjected to aerial bombing, and is a tribute to the solidarity of not just those engaged in service, but among the British people as a whole.
2 September – British Expeditionary Force headquarters formed. 3 September – World War II. Declaration of war by the United Kingdom on Nazi Germany following the German invasion of Poland on 1 September. [5] Shortly after 11.00, Chamberlain announces this news on BBC Radio, speaking from 10 Downing Street.
2 September – Following the invasion of Poland, Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed to Nazi Germany. 3 September – The United Kingdom, France, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany. 3 September – British liner SS Athenia becomes the first civilian casualty of the war when she is torpedoed and sunk by U-30 in the eastern ...
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Alarm at Station III: Philipp Lothar Mayring: Gustav Fröhlich, Kirsten Heiberg, Jutta Freybe: Crime: Asew: Phil Jutzi: Fritz Rasp, Olga Chekhova, Hilde von Stolz