Letters from the Blitz
Letters from the Blitz
Documentary drawing upon restored original colour home movies and personal letters to offer a glimpse into life in Northern Ireland during the Second World War. Helen Ramsey Turtle was a young American mother living on an island outside Belfast. Her letters home to America reveal the horror of the Belfast Blitz, the buzz of American GIs arriving and her own deeply personal story of resilience and optimism in the face of an unexpected diagnosis
Letters from the Blitz airs on BBC One Northern Ireland at 10:40 PM, Thursday 30 October. (Subtitles, regional interest, new.)
Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
History
Jonathan Golden
Producer
Jane Magowan
Director