We Fought Them In Gunboats This Suffolk double bill features two films by Tim Curtis who made Life on the Deben and begins with We Fought Them in Gunboats, a film about the heroes of HMS Beehive, the Coastal Forces base at Felixstowe Dock (now part of the Port of Felixstowe), who took on the German E-Boats in the North Sea during the Second World War.
Stanley's War
A riveting, true-events based drama-documentary looking at the First World War through the lives of two Suffolk families. Stanley Banyard, a Ramsholt farmhand makes a name for himself at the Front in France and the Pretty's of Sutton Hoo fame have to deal with family tragedy. Presented and narrated by John McCarthy.
Fire Over Shingle Street with pre recorded Q&A from the premiere.
A new documentary by Suffolk-based filmmaker Tim Curtis delves into one of Britain's most enduring Second World War mysteries. Backed by decades of
research from James Hayward and Ron Clayton, the film examines rumours of a foiled German invasion attempt, burning seas, and bodies on the beach along the
wartime Suffolk coast.
The film also features former East Anglian Daily Times reporter Henry Creagh, who recounts a 1992 call from a source claiming to have seen secret MOD files
describing a deadly friendly fire incident.
This gripping documentary takes viewers deep into Suffolk's wartime history, and attempts to unravel a mystery that refuses to fade.