It’s 1940. Forced to retreat from Dunkirk as Europe fell to the Nazi advance, Britain stands alone.

With no old-fashioned heroes to look to, British cinema turned to a new type of leading man – the general public at home.

75 years on, discover for the first time how film inspired unity, humour, and defiance when we needed it most, and how, at a time of unparalleled national crisis, this, was their finest hour.