A drama-documentary film based on true events portraying life during the Great War, through the eyes of two Suffolk families. #IMDB Produced by @MotionEast
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27 Aug 2025
Tales of love and loss from Suffolk’s Great War. Stanley’s War screens at @abbeygatecinema MADE IN EAST ANGLIA festival. A rare big screen opportunity to see this moving documentary film. Jonathan Ruffle talks about the fortunes of the Pretty family (later of Sutton Hoo fame)
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23 Aug 2025
Night after night in the darkness of the North Sea, the brave crews of Coastal Forces protected the shipping lanes. WE FOUGHT THEM IN GUNBOATS screens at MADE IN EAST ANGLIA festival @abbeygatecinema This short film looks at some of the heroes of HMS Beehive, Felixstowe in WW2
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17 Aug 2025
Stanley’s War screens at @abbeygatecinema MADE IN EAST ANGLIA fest. in September. A rare opportunity to see this moving drama-documentary about #Suffolk people in WW1. Here @JonathanRuffle creator of ‘Tommies’ for the BBC, talks about what attracted him to Stanley’s character.
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15 Aug 2025
Suffolk in film: history, mystery, war secrets and a remarkable river via @https://twitter.com/BylinesEast eastangliabylines.co.uk/life…
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16 Aug 2025
DON’T MISS! AS part of the MADE IN EAST ANGLIA season at @TheAbbeygate Bury St Edmunds - Life On The Deben makes a rare big screen showing. This feature length doco tells some remarkable stories from a truly magical Suffolk river. Saturday 23rd August at 13:30 🎬🎥🍿😊⛵️
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15 Aug 2025
Stanley’s War will be proudly screening at the MADE IN EAST ANGLIA #film festival at @TheAbbeygate
More info Suffolk in film: history, mystery, war secrets and a remarkable river via @https://twitter.com/BylinesEast eastangliabylines.co.uk/life…
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22 Jul 2025
🎬 BIG NEWS: Made in East Anglia is coming to Abbeygate Cinema! 🎉
From local legends to blockbuster hits filmed right here — join us for Q&As, tours & more!
🗓️ 22 Aug–10 Sep
🎟️bit.ly/MadeinEastAnglia
#MadeInEastAnglia #AbbeygateCinema #FilmFestival #EastAngliaOnScreen
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27 Oct 2024
Stanley’s War next screens on Sunday 10th November 4PM, alongside We Fought Them in Gunboats, at the Palace Cinema Felixstowe.
This Suffolk double bill has sold out rapidly last 3 occasions so please book your tickets
#StanleysWar #Film #Documentary #FWW #WW1 #Suffolk 🎬🎥🎦🍿
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19 Sep 2024
Life on the Deben - Screening ‼️ Creative Arts East. 20th September 730PM at Tittleshall Village Hall (near Kings Lynn) creativeartseast.co.uk/post/…
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19 Sep 2024
Treat yourself! Last seat available in another sell out for a #Suffolk double screening 🎬🎬 of We Fought Them in Gunboats and @StanleysWar at the Palace Cinema 🍿📽️🎥#Felixstowe
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24 Jun 2024
It's Armed Forces weekend and we'll be in Felixstowe flying the Bawdsey Radar flag on Saturday 29 June - do come and say hello please? Head for the Sea Road and the Events area IP11 2AU.
#ArmedForces #radarlove
ALT A poster about Armed Forces Day in Felixstowe June 29 and 30th. The image is an army uniform with a Union Flag badge on the shoulder.
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17 Jun 2024
Only 3 seats left for the next 27th June screening of Gunboats 🎥 and Stanley’s War 🎥 at Palace Cinema 🍿 #Felixstowe
Thanks to all who have booked tickets, helped out, asked questions
This time after running costs ticket revenue will go to the Mayor’s of Felixstowe Charities
30 May 2024
📣 After last months hugely successful sell-out screening of We Fought Them in Gunboats 🎥 and @StanleysWar 🎥 pleased to say that both films make a return to @Felixstowe Palace Cinema 🍿on June 27th at 6PM. #Suffolk #SuffolkonScreen #Documentary #film #cinema
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25 May 2024
As it’s Bank Holiday weekend, it * might* be raining….and museums are a great indoor activity! We’re open Sunday AND Monday this weekend 11am to 4pm children go free. And this part of Suffolk has lots to see & do.
Find out more: bawdseyradar.org.uk
#radarlove
#daysout
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1 May 2024
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Our lead role - Stanley Banyard played by actor Tom Hendry
📷 @mapey
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29 Apr 2024
A war hero’s face peers out from the Felixstowe Palace Cinema. Maybe Robert Hichens attended this very cinema when he lived in #Felixstowe before he was killed in 1943. A film about his book We Fought Them in Gunboats airs at the cinema with WW1 🎥 @StanleysWar - May 16th
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19 Apr 2024
A sort of homecoming….On May 16th @MotionEast latest documentary 🎥 screens at the Palace Cinema #Felixstowe in the #Suffolk town where the film was made. Followed by a live Q&A and Stanley’s War
Tickets selling fast 🍿 …cecinemafelixstowe.savoysyst……
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3 Feb 2024
Really pleased to have raised some cash for armed forces charity @suffolkssafa
with our short film @_theriverside about the little told story of Robert Hichens and the #Felixstowe WW2 base HMS Beehive, who’s brave crew went out at night into the North Sea to protect Britain 🇬🇧
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20 Oct 2018
Meet Edith Dempster. Daughter of a wealthy northern industrialist. The family have high hopes she may marry into aristocracy. But Edith is in love with Frank. All of that is on hold in 1914 as World War One wreaks havoc on the nation.
#StanleysWar #WW1 #Suffolk
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8 Nov 2018
Meet the four-legged stars of Stanley's War. #Horses #Donkeys and #Dogs played a huge part and paid a heavy price in the Allied victory. Let us remember them too. #WW1 #Armistice100 #SuffolkRemembers
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1 Feb 2019
Meet the cast of Stanley’s War. Ipswich based actor Tom Hendry plays our unlikely hero Stanley Banyard
20 Oct 2018
Meet Stanley Banyard. He's a nineteen year old farm hand from Suffolk and he's off to World War One in a new drama-documentary film directed by Tim Curtis.
#WW1 #FWW #Suffolk
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