40’s Britain – Fishermen At War DVD –  

War-time documentaries about the dangers faced in the Atlantic by merchant seamen on convoys and the contribution made to the war effort by all civilian seamen. Programme comprises: Sailors Without Uniform (1940) – The lives of British fishermen in war-time. Partly filmed in St Ives Cornwall and Grimsby. Fishermen in Exile (1944) – The story of Dutch fishermen escaped from Holland carrying on their trade in Britain. Atlantic Trawler (1944) – Fishermen are constantly under threat in the Atlantic from U-boats and mines. Music score is by William Alwyn. Merchant Seamen (1941) – A merchant ship is sunk by a U-boat and a young seaman trains as a gunner to seek revenge.