
STANLEY'S WAR
@stanleyswar
A drama-documentary film based on true events portraying life during the Great War, through the eyes of two Suffolk families. #IMDB Produced by @MotionEast
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28-09-2018 20:20:02
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Stanley's War was made and released in 2018 to help commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First World War Armistice. It then went onto sell-out screenings across Suffolk and Norfolk. The film raised over £14K for the Suffolk Punch Trust and Royal British Legion


A new short film looking at some of 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. #RemembranceSunday The Riverside youtu.be/tE0RHV-oWiQ?si…



A Suffolk double bill The Riverside on #RemembranceSunday Hear about the men and women of the Coastal Forces base at Felixstowe in the Second World War And then hear about the exploits of a Ramsholt farm hand who somehow managed to return from the Front in the First World War


Screening at 6PM #RemembranceSunday The Riverside John McCarthy retreads the footsteps of the Suffolk Regiment on the Western Front to tell the remarkable story of Stanley Banyard, a farm hand from Ramsholt who helped save the lives of his comrades, lost in no-man’s land.

Really pleased to have raised some cash for armed forces charity ssafa suffolk with our short film The Riverside about the little told story of Robert Hichens and the #Felixstowe WW2 base HMS Beehive, who’s brave crew went out at night into the North Sea to protect Britain 🇬🇧


A sort of homecoming….On May 16th Video East latest documentary 🎥 screens at the Palace Cinema #Felixstowe in the #Suffolk town where the film was made. Followed by a live Q&A and Stanley’s War Tickets selling fast 🍿 …cecinemafelixstowe.savoysystems.co.uk/PalaceCinemaFe…


A war hero’s face peers out from the Felixstowe Palace Cinema. Maybe Robert Hichens attended this very cinema when he lived in #Felixstowe before he was killed in 1943. A film about his book We Fought Them in Gunboats airs at the cinema with WW1 🎥 STANLEY'S WAR - May 16th







Treat yourself! Last seat available in another sell out for a #Suffolk double screening 🎬🎬 of We Fought Them in Gunboats and STANLEY'S WAR at the Palace Cinema 🍿📽️🎥#Felixstowe

