Not since "Since You Went Away" with Shirley Temple and Claudette Colbert has a movie so completely depicted the home front during World War II. Those of us so far removed from this time can't understand rationing of food and gasoline, the loneliness of women whose husbands went to war and the effects these things had, in addition to the war, on the children of the time.
This movie has historical accuracies of note. Dawn Rowan has her brother draw lines up the back of her legs to simulate stockings which could not be gotten during war time. The bomb shelter in the back yard, collecting shrapnel and the oversexed American soldier are accurate as well. Here, you can see why the Brits would say of the American servicemen...they are over paid, oversexed and over here...and didn't much want their young ladies to take up with the Americans.
During the scene where they are shooting down a parameter balloon that has gone astray, you will catch a brief glimpse of the cast of "Dad's Army" as they march in formation as part of the home guard. Blink and you'll miss it!
This movie has historical accuracies of note. Dawn Rowan has her brother draw lines up the back of her legs to simulate stockings which could not be gotten during war time. The bomb shelter in the back yard, collecting shrapnel and the oversexed American soldier are accurate as well. Here, you can see why the Brits would say of the American servicemen...they are over paid, oversexed and over here...and didn't much want their young ladies to take up with the Americans.
During the scene where they are shooting down a parameter balloon that has gone astray, you will catch a brief glimpse of the cast of "Dad's Army" as they march in formation as part of the home guard. Blink and you'll miss it!
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