Sentences with phrase «home guard»

Dad's Army is an adaptation of the comedy series of the same name from the 1960s and 1970s, following a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers as they prepare for an imminent German invasion during World War II.

Zeta Jones» journalist character is set to report on the Walmington - on - Sea Home Guard, before it is discovered that a German spy is in the town, giving the troop a chance to distinguish themselves.

Citizens formed a volunteer Home Guard, sitting up all night and arresting anyone prowling about, an enterprise that lasted until one member was fatally shot by a stranger passing through town.

In the UK we watch re-runs of an old popular series called Dads Army which pokes a cynical view at the second world war Home Guard.

Behind the front lines white and free black men forty - five years and older formed home guards to protect private property and maintain order in New Orleans and surrounding towns and posts.

Place this Weather Guard Santiago Door Mat in your entryway or just outside your door to help keep dirt and water from being tracked into your home

Home Guard warden Captain Wagget (Eddie Izzard) then spends the entire film on the hunt for eccentric, whisky - drunk villagers.

It's 1944 and the war is reaching its climax for Captain Mainwaring (Jones), Sergeant Wilson (Nighy) and the woefully inept Home Guard platoon of Walmington - on - Sea.

Its subject matter of World War II and the ageing Home Guard hardly filled BBC top brass with confidence, but it went on to become arguably its greatest sitcom hit.

to the courtyard of the toy maker's home guarded by statues of cloaked figure.

On board as the fastidious, uptight Captain Mainwaring, leader of the beleaguered Walmington - on - Sea Home Guard, we have Toby Jones, replacing the legendary Arthur Lowe.

Nobody knows when it was worse, only when it was better,» remarked the 50 - year - old after Burnley had become the latest team to expose the cracks in the home guard.

West Ham boss Sam Allardyce has been focusing on a Boleyn «home guard» with the squad.

(Not to be confused with the Home Guard, something quite different and very temporary raised in the early years of WWII).

But his stage was a secret research establishment rather than a Home Guard unit or a hotel.

The posters may have said Keep Calm and Carry On, but if the Nazis had made it over the Channel, the old duffers and dodgers of The Home Guard would have been neither use nor ornament.

World War II is at its very peak during the 1940s and the Home Guard at Walmington - on - Sea are about to have an unusually eventful episode.

The Home Guard aid the mission to uncover the spy - though nobody dares put too much faith in this bumbling lot.

It's 1944 in the small village of Walmington on the southern English coast, where the men who were unfit to serve in the regular army have volunteered for the Home Guard when they're not working their normal jobs.

The Home Guard is patrolling the streets of Walmington - on - Sea and their spirits are rather dampened by the thought of the imminent invasion.

Ruby and Ada are also prepared to stand in their doorway with a rifle when necessary, just as well, since the home guard is captained by Teague (Ray Winstone), who figures Inman isn't going to come home, and that Ada will need a man to protect her — against Teague, for that matter.

Material about the Home Guard.

The cast is rounded out by the likes of Sarah Lancashire, Alison Steadman and Catherine Zeta - Jones, who will play a journalist sent to Walmington - on - Sea to interview the Home Guard as the Second World War winds down.

As the end of World War II draws near, the Walmington - on - Sea Home Guard have to deal with the twin stresses of a female journalist and a German spy.

While many were drawn from the Home Guard (local volunteers otherwise ineligible for military service, usually due to age) and operated under their guise, others were sworn to...

While many were drawn from the Home Guard (local volunteers otherwise ineligible for military service, usually due to age) and operated under their guise, others were sworn to absolute secrecy, even from their wives and families.

You feed squash to the home guard so the color'll stay bright in their backbones.»

Some sailors and some girls started razzing him about being in the home guard.

The Communist - controlled International Brigade Association instructed its members, who were, of course, experienced soldiers, not to take part in the shaping of the Home Guard.

There is an idea that, when seeking a VA home loan with bad credit, simply being a former member of the armed forces, home guard or coast guard is enough to ensure qualification.

In addition to being a great companion and home guard, he is a leading police and military guard dog.

In the United States the Komondor is primarily a home guard and companion, and livestock guard dog.

They're also really good every time a stranger approaches the home guard dogs and barking isn't unusual.

The Komondor is a large territorial dog that is used for flock and home guarding, and the Komondor owner must always anticipate his dog's behavior based on this fact.

The Austrian Pinscher is a medium large breed of pinscher - type dog from Austria, where dogs of the type were originally farm dogs, keeping barns free of rats and acting as home guards, livestock guardians, and drovers.

West Bengal government has decided to bring all its lower - ranked contactual staff working as civic police, home guards, National Volunteer Force (NVF) and group D staff of police under an accident insurance scheme.

Office / Home Guard — The SL1000 with its built - in Alarm Sensor Support when connected to a 3rd Party Passive Infrared Sensor (PIR) or motion detector, offers additional security protection, and warns of intruders when there is a forced break - in, and allows for protection against vandalism.