Blitz: The Bombing of Coventry

Blitz: The Bombing of Coventry 2009 Released

Directed by Ashley Gething

Documentary · 60 min

 

Blitz: The Bombing of Coventry 2009 Released

Directed by Ashley Gething

Documentary · 60 min

 

On 14 November 1940 the German Luftwaffe dropped so many bombs on Coventry that three guarters of the city was destroyed. Such was the devastation, the Germans coined a term to describe it - "to coventrate". This documentary explores the immediate aftermath of the attack, as panic gripped the city and half the population fled. But it also charts Coventry's remarkably rapid revival, and its role in the eventual "coventration"... see more

On 14 November 1940 the German Luftwaffe dropped so many bombs on Coventry that three guarters of the city was destroyed. Such was the devastation, the Germans coined a term to describe it - "to coventrate". This documentary explores the immediate aftermath of the attack, as panic gripped the city and half the population fled. But it also charts Coventry's remarkably rapid revival, and its role in the eventual "coventration"... see more
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RUNTIME
N/A min
RELEASED
Oct 6, 2009
COUNTRY
GB
LANGUAGE
EN
SPOKEN
English
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