In the 1940s Germany unleashed a ferocious bombing campaign on Britain designed to crush British morale. To mark the 70th anniversary of this key event in our island's history Tony Robinson presents a four-part science and history series which gives a flavour of what it must have been like to live under constant bombardment and examines why the Blitz failed. With the help of the Ministry of Defence a row of terraced houses Blitz Street has been built on a remote military base and subjected to a range of large-scale bombs and explosives similar to those used by the... German air force the Luftwaffe. This series reveals the impact of real explosives on bricks and mortar and allows government scientists to study the power and mechanics of Second World War bombs for the first time with precise measurements of the blast waves and dangerous after-effects of flying shrapnel. High-speed cameras operating at 1 000 frames per second reveal the detail of each blast to explain how it could be that people had their clothes ripped from them or could end up lifted onto the roofs of their homes. Calling on eye-witness accounts from the Blitz the programme details the immense psychological damage caused to individuals caught up in the bombing raids and explores how in response to the Luftwaffe's assault Churchill rapidly reorganised and improved defences. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Blitz this remarkable four-part series reveals what it was like to live through the devastation and psychological torment of wartime Britain
Tony Robinson presents this four-part series that examines the physical and psychological effects of what it was like to live through the Blitz. With the aid of a specially constructed row of terraced houses, the destructive effects of the Luftwaffe's range of wartime bombs are analysed in both close-up and slow motion, while survivors recall their personal experiences of the time.
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