Title: Community capsule – world war II

Aims:

-To document the experiences of African Caribbean men and women during WWII

-To record how they were treated during the war/post war era

– To document what society was like for them at that time;

-To Document what society was like for their families and the cumulative effects/impact upon them.

Description

Community Capsule, a partnership project between Nottingham Black Archive and Nottingham Photographers Hub, documented the experiences of Nottingham’s World War II Black Servicemen and their families. The project is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. It covered the war period 1939-1945 and up to 10 years after (to 1955).  It includes servicemen’s testimonies of fighting during the War and rebuilding their lives afterwards.

In the Collection

Photographs,

Books,

11 oral history testimonies from ex-servicemen, childhood memories of the war.

6 minute trailer

Loans box containing

Static 3 panel exhibition

Film duration: 7 minutes

Education sessions

Website

Books,

11 oral history testimonies from ex-servicemen, childhood memories of the war.

6 minute trailer

The project was delivered in collaboration with the Nottingham Photographers’ Hub and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund

You can watch a trailer of the project here

No Tears For Me My Mother from ioney smallhorne on Vimeo.

Download the project evaluation report  Community Capsule evaluation (pdf report)