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Made by amateur film-maker Charles Scott, this is a record of the activities of the King's Lynn Number Two Platoon, Three Company, 7th Battalion Home Guard from 1940-1945. Included in the film is a dramatised reconstruction sequence of men signing on after the radio broadcast on May 14th 1940 encouraging men to form the Local Defence Volunteers, which later became known as the 'Home Guard'. The film goes on to show training in and around King's Lynn, firing live ammunition, bayonet practice, manning a check point, and the final parade in 1945. Footage taken during the Second World War held in The East Anglian Film Archive collection includes public information films, and newsreels as well as amateur films covering other war-time subjects such as records of bomb damage in the region, military activities, and local volunteer work. The archive also holds several colour films by American servicemen stationed in the region. For other films on the work of the Home Guard during the Second World War, see Moving History's 'Films from the Home Front' web site. |
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