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Description: | British schoolchild in Hull, GB, 1914-1918, including experience of Zeppelin raids
REEL 1: Background in Hull, Yorkshire, 1908-1914: family; education, Recollections of period as schoolchild in Hull, 1914-1918: memories of outbreak of war and attacks on German butchers shops in Hull, 8/1914; description of seaplane base at Hornsea; evacuation from Hull to avoid Zeppelin raids; story of Zeppelin raid on house in Sandringham St, Hull and injury to mother; memory of staying at Flamborough Head; attitude to German Zeppelin raids; story of finding dog in ruins of house; various memories of family life; question of bomb damage in Hull.
REEL 2 Continues: conditions for poor in Hull and problem of malnutrition; story of beef soup supplies for children; question of size of loaves; memory of National Kitchen system in Second World War; question of food shortages and rationing; description of Armistice Day celebrations in Hull and Flamborough, 11/11/1918; question of maintaining memorials for war dead; story of Sid Walker and attempt to rescue Royal Navy cruiser; question of anti-German feeling in Hull; story of father's refusal to have arm amputated; question of German industrial superiority; father's opinion of American troops on Western Front.
REEL 3 Continues: effects of war on father's business; story of French submarine shooting down Zeppelin; story of Zeppelin pilot responsible for destroying house in Sandringham St; nature of injuries incurred during Zeppelin raid on house. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Doughty, Walter Kenneth | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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