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Little Belgium( 1942)

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A profile of the more than 2,000 Belgian refugees in the fishing port of Brixham.

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Mar 05 2025
    Brixham is a town of around 15,000 people on the coast of Devon that saw an influx of almost 2,000 Belgian refugees fleeing the Nazi invasion at the start of World War II. This is an engaging short film that illustrates just how readily these people joined in with the efforts of the local fishermen to catch and land their hauls whilst always in danger of strafing from Luftwaffe aircraft. Meantime, the youngsters are at school learning - in Flemish - about their own country and their own history, as well as how to tie an array of complex knots that make it clear that their maritime past will sti...

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    English

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    Keywords

    • world war ii
    • war refugees
    • short film
    • fishermen