If you had a reasonably big stately pile in the countryside, the bad news for you was that...
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If you had a reasonably big stately pile in the countryside, the bad news for you was that you were gonna help the war effort whether you liked it or not, because your lovely mansion and its 2,000 acres of parkland was gonna be requisitioned to form some unit, either military, or secret decoding, or whatever it was, it was gonna be requisitioned, and all your lovely rugs and carpets and furniture was gonna be chucked somewhere else, and linoleum be put on the floors and your ballroom will be turned into a canteen
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If you had a reasonably big
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stately pile in the countryside, the bad news for you
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was that you were gonna help the war effort
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whether you liked it or not,
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because your lovely mansion and its 2,000 acres of parkland
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was gonna be requisitioned to form some unit,
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either military, or secret decoding, or whatever it was,
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it was gonna be requisitioned,
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and all your lovely rugs and carpets and furniture
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was gonna be chucked somewhere else,
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and linoleum be put on the floors
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and your ballroom will be turned into a canteen.
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Movie Summary
During World War II, the British built or reinforced a series of structures consisting of over 26,000 buildings to form a line of defence against an expected German invasion. Rob Bell travels around the UK to learn their secrets.
