Weapons and Explosves of Winston Churchill's Auxiliary Unit
This unique DVD gives you a detailed insight into the weapons and explosives used by Winston Churchill’s Auxiliary Unit as well as SOE and other units. The film is presented in an informal way by Richard Ashley and Bob Millard and was filmed at the former HQ of the Auxiliary Unit, Coleshill House.
Richard Ashley is a weapons expert with 55 years experience. He has been a REMI armourer and spent 25 years as a police armourer. He started collecting weapons when he was just 5 years old.
Bob Millard was an Auxilier with the Bathampton Patrol and has used most of the weapons we see. He offers first hand accounts and anecdotes of time in the Unit and his weapons & explosives collection is vast.
The main film has a running time of approx 50 minutes.
BONUS FEATURES
Operational Base
We take you on a tour into the training Operational Base (OB) at Coleshill and then a group of experts discuss how they were built etc.
Running time is approx 16 minutes.
Coleshill Uncovered
You can see what artefacts have been recovered in the Coleshill grounds.
Running time is approx 6 minutes.
The DVD is PAL widescreen and should play on all DVD players that are set up for PAL or are region free.
DVD: £12.99
Special Offer
Price includes £1 donation to Help For Heroes and UK Mainland P&P
Special Offer
Price includes £1 donation to Help For Heroes and UK Mainland P&P
Trailer below is for the main film on the DVD.
Trailer below shows the short film made about Operational Bases. This film is included on the DVD
Some stills from the film.
Coleshill House, Coleshill, Mabel Stranks, Highworth, Highworth Post Office, Colonel Gubbins, Auxiliary Units, Churchill's secret army, Special Operations Executive (SOE), Home Guard, The Countryman's Diary-1939, Peter Fleming, Ian Fleming, Pleydell-Bouveries, Sir Thomas Freake, Sir Henry Pratt, guerrilla warfare
