Metadata
WORK ID: YFA 5157 (Master Record)
| Title | Year | Date |
| RAF BEVERLEY SCENES | 1942 | 1942-01-01 |
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Details
Original Format: 35mm Colour: Black & White Sound: Silent Duration: 3 mins Credits: Ernest Symmons and Debenham & Co Subject: Wartime |
| Summary This is a film of the RAF in Beverley, with a march through Beverley – made alongside another film, ‘Inspection of the ATC 399 (Beverley)', YFA number 5158. |
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Description
This is a film of the RAF in Beverley, with a march through Beverley – made alongside another film, ‘Inspection of the ATC 399 (Beverley)', YFA number 5158.
The film begins with a group of young RAF recruits lining up for inspection. A small boy stands in front of an old biplane. An officer makes a speech to the recruits, with some dignitaries looking on. A group of officers emerge from St Mary’s Church (including an officer, possibly American, seen in another film at garden party)....
This is a film of the RAF in Beverley, with a march through Beverley – made alongside another film, ‘Inspection of the ATC 399 (Beverley)', YFA number 5158.
The film begins with a group of young RAF recruits lining up for inspection. A small boy stands in front of an old biplane. An officer makes a speech to the recruits, with some dignitaries looking on. A group of officers emerge from St Mary’s Church (including an officer, possibly American, seen in another film at garden party). The recruits march through Beverley town centre, through the market square. They walk up a back alley and the film comes to an end.
Context
With the war in full flow, these raw RAF recruits are gaining a sense of duty and military identity from a march through their home town of Beverley, receiving encouragement and support from their fellow citizens. The RAF was especially important in East Yorkshire, with these recruits possibly off to the nearby RAF Station at Driffield.
Local filmmakers Debenhams and Co. captured many of the events in wartime Beverley, including these examples of mutual solidarity between combatants and...
With the war in full flow, these raw RAF recruits are gaining a sense of duty and military identity from a march through their home town of Beverley, receiving encouragement and support from their fellow citizens. The RAF was especially important in East Yorkshire, with these recruits possibly off to the nearby RAF Station at Driffield.
Local filmmakers Debenhams and Co. captured many of the events in wartime Beverley, including these examples of mutual solidarity between combatants and non-combatants. Military and service personnel parades through towns and cities such as these were common during the Second World War, unlike the First. They were usually seen during fund raising weeks for armaments; when those serving in war related services, including all those on the home front, would turn out and demonstrate their marching skills. These served to bond everyone together and boost morale: something recognised as vitally important in the war effort. Film courtesy of East Riding of Yorkshire Council Archives. |
