Summary: A family of ten Caennais, made refugees like thousands of others by the destruction of their homes, make do in primitive conditions in caves outside the village of Fontaine-Henri seven miles away from the city.
Description: One of the younger members of the family stands near an old grandfather clock they were able to salvage from their home. The mother and grandmother, helped by their grand-daughter, prepare a meal. The family sits down to breakfast in their cave; father pours wine into mother's glass as he would do in normal times. Later he and the son-in-law set off for work on a neighbouring farm, passing a tattered French tricolour hanging from one of the trees near the caves to which the cameraman pans in order to end on an optimistic note in an otherwise sombre setting.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Collins (Sergeant) (Production individual)
