Home Front and Home Guard - Wartime Woking

Surrounded by water and manned to defend the coastline, sea forts were remote outposts of Britain’s home front.

‘ACK ACK’ is a profile of the soldiers who manned anti-aircraft positions on the home front during the Second World War.

Ordinary men from all trades and professions lead double lives to hone their soldiering skills in Britain during the Second World War.

Leatherhead applauds and thanks its Civil Defence Service volunteers for their sterling efforts, in this fascinating film made during the last months of the Second World War.

Dad's Army, Clandon-style, are at it again in this fascinating film about life in Surrey's Home Guard.

Watching over the skies, a volunteer force helps identify enemy aircraft for RAF fighters to intercept over Britain’s home front.

The UK's first purpose-built mosque welcomes a huge crowd of worshippers - and newsreel cameras!

Visit the places important to London's Muslim community in this informative short documentary.

Men of the NFS demonstrate their fire fighting equipment skills before an audience in this splendid colour film from 1942. And the best crews get the best prizes.

Over £680,000 is raised by Wartime Woking in this film from 1944 which features women on parade, Air Training Corps cadets and the Home Guard.

Woking's Home Guard strut their stuff in this sensational mix of training film and social record - with weapons, explosions, rope bridges and lots of climbing over barbed wire.

An award winning amateur film tracing the transformation of Woking, from open heath to modern commuter-belt town. The film also features the famous Brookwood Necropolis.

Kids face the closure of their Brighton playground but fight back to reclaim it, with a little help from the iconic Volks Railway

Child actor Mandy Miller shines in this children's adventure set in the traditional hop picking season in Kent.

All Andy and Ben want to do is play basketball. When they join the under 16s league the boys and their new teammates take on opponents from around Yorkshire, and the challenges of growing up in inner city Leeds.

Exploring the conversation black people face when communicating their racial experience to white partners through a dynamic fusion of dance and dialogue.

Penny is experiencing post-millennium angst in Manchester. She is on the verge of a mental breakdown. Overweight and on the edge, an ordinary visit to the doctor becomes extraordinary.

A short but poignant piece on what it feels like to lose faith and trust in a friend.