The River Severn and the Aust Ferry to Somerset which will save a fifty mile round trip. A United States army jeep driving onto the ferry. Watchett harbour in Somerset. Blue lias on the beach (used for dye for navy uniforms). Churchyard where mother of Lorna Doone is buried. A public house game of skittles. Several older men in the pub. Cheddar Gorge. Cheese making. Stirring the curds and whey. Whey piped out to pig trough for pigs to feed from. Curd wrung out to dry before cheddar cheese is made. Porlock with donkeys on the beach. Not used for tourism now they are engaged in war work. Film made during World War Two. Homefront. Donkeys carry limestone in cradles or panniers on their backs up a track from the beach where the rocks are used to make fertiliser. Man loads stone into panniers. Donkeys walk up track. Panniers are unloaded and stone hit with sledge hammer to make it smaller, before it is shovelled into lime kiln or pit in the ground. Kilve and Kilve Beach where men are hunting for eels. They lever rocks up and their eel hound dogs catch the eels. Staghounds on Exmoor. A hunt with huntsmen and the master who is a woman.
Негізгі бет Homefront in rural Somerset in World War Two. Archive film 62851
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