Overview
Esther Johnson’s film uses local archive footage to convey the story of Sunderland's involvement in the First World War, from the men who fought in the fields to those who stayed behind to work in the region’s shipyards and munitions factories.
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Kate Adie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Alun Armstrong
Self - Narrator (voice)
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