A British Soldier Guarding a Gun Emplacement, 1940. Second World War. 'An island at bay - ready, yet hardly prepared. But an island in the midst of war, knowing a kind of peace. Peace that comes with knowing that one is doing the right thing, come what may. And so they waited patiently for the '. From "Time To Remember - Standing Alone", 1940 (Reel 2); documentary film about events of later months of 1940.

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