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The Potteries at War – MAC MATINEE

Tuesday 18th March 2025
11am

Tickets:£Free

 

 

 

Ray Johnson Film Archive
This is a selection of the best wartime films in the Staffordshire Film Archive in both colour and black-and-white: The first recruits marching away, public information films, the pottery industry, digging for victory, Trentham Gardens at war, scouts, church parades, a tribute to the Spitfire and to Baskeyfield VC, the aftermath of local bombing raids, working girls at Royal Ordnance Factory at Swynnerton, Auxiliary Fire Service practice, Bevan Boys in the mines and local life going on on the home front. Victory scenes and local VE Day street parties round off this glimpse of local life during World War II. Now extended with a tribute to the Spitfire in the Battle of Britain, film of women working in aircraft factories and illustrated personal accounts from local Land Girls.
MAC Community days brings you a programme of accessible film all in a bid to break barriers and create a happy place for our community. MAC Community days are in partner ship with Able Stoke, North Staffs Pensioners' Convention, and Staffordshire Sight Loss.