Doodlebug // World War II Documentary
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- čas přidán 29. 09. 2015
- 71 years ago, on June 13, 1944, a frightening new terror weapon rained down from the skies. Britons accurately termed it the "Doodlebug" because of the sound the engine made, but the silence was far more terrifying.
Dolly and Ron Howard married in 1939, and like many other couples were separated when the War began. Ron was shipped off to India and Dolly was left to raise children and protect them from the Blitz alone. Doodlebug tells her story.
Directing // Matt Sears
Starring // Dolly Howard
Shot on Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera and Blackmagic Production Camera - Krátké a kreslené filmy
Your grandmother is amazing
I can never thank Matt enough for capturing this amazing story of our nan. I watch this video often. Nan is an amazing woman xxx
This is an absolute masterpiece. You have such a gift. I stumbled my way to your channel watching youtube list videos about creepy shorts, and your video was on the sidebar. I'm so glad I clicked through. YOU deserve to go far. While I had my personal thoughts about your other (horror short) videos, this right here.. wow. I'm nearly left speechless. The music and the atmospheric sounds are SO spot on, you couldn't have even done a better job if you tried. So completely perfect and touching and heartbreaking. You have a fan for life.
Sorry, i only just saw this comment! Thank you so much, i'm glad you found your way to this video. Not many people stumble across it, i guess most people don't wanna watch my poor old Nan talk about the war haha.
I wanted to explore the side of the war which isn't really talked about in movies, the life of someone back at home waiting for their loved ones to return. She told me lots of stories and i just wanted to bring them to life!
But, thank you so much for your kind words. I'll pass them on to my grandmother also.
I love your grandmother so much she is so amazing and I love how she is in your videos and I'm glad you made this its very inspiring and sad. You have great content. Hope you go far brother I'll pass your channel along so my friends. Also tell your grandma she's wonderful and amazing and be sure to always hug her tell her you love her my grandma means everything to me. Much love brother!!
Thanks so much Jonathan! She really is amazing, such a star! I'll make sure i pass on your kind words, she loves hearing what people think of the films.
Oh man I'm so glad you read that comment and that you will do that! Keep that inspiration up and don't let anyone get you down man I'm a fan of yours forever bro!!!
Will do man, thanks so much. :D
Heartbreaking and beautiful. Thank you for that!
No problem, thank you for watching!! :)
Thank you for this video. This was really moving and beautifully directed.
A beautiful little film that pulls no punches and panders to no myths. A remarkable woman.
Thanks Keren! :)
I fell in love with this Dolly Howard. She's just such a sweetheart!! She made me cry in your horror film and this one too. Everything she's been thru...it's interesting to hear her tell her story. She's such a talented actress too. 💛💔
What a beautiful and moving story. My sisters told me about the doodlebugs flying over their house in the small villages on the way to London and how terrifying they were. Now I understand it deeply.
Why hasn't this gotten more views? it is really really unique, moving And incredibly powerful. Dolly is amazing. What a brilliant woman and you have serious talent..yourfilms all have such an emotional aapect to each of them. I love it.💜
Thank you Renee! That's great to hear. Seems like not many people want to watch a film with my lil ol' grandmother in haha. But the people that do seem to really love it! So as long as i'm reaching the right audience thats the main thing :)
This was amazing, you are truly a talented director. I am so suprised your videos do not get a lot of recognition, I've subscribed. It's very sad to hear about the war, but you put it into a informative and effective way. Good job :)
Thank you so much, i'm glad you like them! They seem to do a bit better on Vimeo. I upload most of my work there. vimeo.com/msears
If you could get me a directing role on the next Harry Potter movie i'd much appreciate it! :D
I'll check it out, and I would love for you to direct a harry potter movie ;)
My ex's grandmother was riding her bike into town and she remembers vividly how a doodlebug hissed pass and over her as it destroyed buildings in the town and the impact of the explosion sent her flying off her bike. I was so intrigued by her stories of her childhood and how she grew up during the war, and she eventually joined the land army years later. it makes you appreciate your life a bit more.
I agree. In comparison to how it was back then, we have it very easy. I think its really important to keep these stories alive. This generation will be gone soon and what they have to say is fascinating.
Beautiful poignant documentary. Thank you.
This is purely beautiful and true to life! I was always closest to my grandparents and I was the only grandkid that had much to do with them when they were alive. I have always enjoyed listening to our elders speaking and sharing history from their stance in life, stemming from what experiences they have had, and knowing these are the only two that laid footprints on your heart and soul being the only family you know for what has been the most of your 41 year old life.....
I have even fully enjoyed each time I’m able to see pictures, particularly older ones. Being an empath/HSP mix type of person, I can get a lot more from pictures oftentimes more than I can text, but this simply reminds me of the times I’d stay with Granny and Grandpa in the summers in between school years and they would share history with me also. Maybe it is due to my being so hypersensitive and/or empathetic, but whatever the case may be, I’m a better person for having the luck of getting to know them both!
In spite of my knowing at an early adolescent age that things would be different when they would be gone.....I had NO idea to this extent it would go among this family. I’ve truly been like the lone wolf absent a pack and primarily sociable when it comes time to time for that moment of needed companionship, then vacating, yet again, being that same lone wolf on this old path for an old soul.
You Are Truly Amazing, Matt and deserve all that is positive to come your way! In the comments, reading some saying this is your grandma actually, if this is true, Thank You for sharing things like this, touching some people’s souls to bring back memories of other’s lost loved ones also in all its respect, honor, pride, appreciation, and more!
Thanks again Brett! I'm very close with my Nan also, so this was a very personal project. Even though it's not as successful as my horrors it's probably one of the films i'm most fond of.
Thanks for all your support and kind words of encouragement, it really means a lot! I'm glad this film bought back some happy memories.
Seven years and a day too late for a comment to be even noticed, but I have to say-
The grief and rainbows and regret, the pure human level HORROR of this video is amazing.
Subscribed, thank you very much
This was truly great! Loved it!
2:17 I find those sirens scary
What a terrifying thing to live through, so much loss, so much pain
I love Dolly! Such a beautiful soul..
She has a sense of humor as well I see where you get it from ;)
I absolutely love hearing people talk about their life like this especially about WW2 because it was so tragic... one of my favorite things of all time is The diary of Anne Frank...and think it's beautiful that you appreciate these things as well... I was very close to my grandmother and I see you are too... She passed away several years ago now but I still think of her almost every day... I am so glad I recorded several hours of her talking about her life... Unfortunately it's only audio files but I cherish all of them...
The way you Filmed this was so cool! It literally brought her memories to life! You never cease to amaze me Matt...this was really really beautiful... Great job!!!
Thank you again!!! I love her to bits. I've loved making these films as it brings us much closer.
Not many people watch this so i'm glad you took the time and enjoyed so much! I hope it brought back some nice memories of your Gran.
That's really nice that you have those tapes. The day my Grandmother passes will probably be the hardest day of my life and i dread it. But i'm so happy i'll have all these memories of her!
My Dad was a Sergeant in the U.S. Army and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He received the Purple Heart and he and his men escaped a Nazi Prison, by digging under the fence. He was born in 1922 and died in 1972. He was my Best Friend and I love him very much. Thank you for giving people insight as to the horrors of war and the strength of the people from the Greatest Generation ! ☝️✨❣️✨
You're welcome. There's so many amazing and inspiring stories from that generation, sounds like your Dad had a lot!!. Dolly (my nan) sadly passed 2 years ago now, but not a day goes by that I don't miss or think about her. I haven't quite had the courage to rewatch this just yet, but I will. Thanks so much for watching, its always really nice to hear when her stories resonate with people and remind them of their loved ones. I hope you're well.
@@MattSears Remember, we carry their DNA and not only beautiful memories, but the fortitude to go forward, as to handle any situation put in our path. Your work was very touching to me and hope to see more work you’re capable of. Take care. ✨🌸✨ Claudia, from Northern Michigan.
Thank you SO MUCH, for recommending that I watch this short documentary, of your beautiful grandmother, Dolly♥️x
I’m from Australia, and hooked, and I mean, completely hooked, on the series, “Call The Midwife”.
As your beautiful grandmother recalled the days of her younger years, I couldn’t help, but keep having flashes of C.T.M♥️x
It really depicts a picture in my head, of what Dolly would have gone through 💔😢
I loved that you showed us old pictures, and memorabilia from when your beautiful grandmother was only young, and married, and having children, whom would obviously be one of your parents 😊♥️x
Especially during the war, and your grandfather being out during his call of duty.
I’ve only just realised. I’ve watched SO MANY of your shorts already, and I can personally tell you Matt. That you are a truly talented film maker🙏🏼🤞🏻💯
You go to great lengths, to make us, the audience, really feel, as if we were there.
Like a journey, of some sort.
As I previously mentioned. Your beautiful grandmother, Dolly, did a fantastic job of portraying, and recounting her youth♥️x
Thank you again. For sharing with your audience, an insight, into something I find truly fascinating 😊
Ah thank you very much, you're too kind! Thanks for watching them all haha.
That's what it's all about, getting your audience to feel something, empathise with your characters or subject.
Again i'll pass on your comments to my grandmother :)
Matt
Matt Sears You’re the best 😊
I’d absolutely love that 🤞🏻💯😊
Kirty 😊
Thank 💫you So ✨much Sharing " Grandmother's Dolly story & She's ♥️ absolutely beautiful & glad she's got you 💯 blessed"
Hi! I absolutely love your videos. I am ( and always have been) a huge fan of Horror. You are one of the best Horror writers out there! This was so beautifully done. Your Grandmother is simply lovely! ❤
Thank you very much Jewel! I'm glad you like my work, and i'm especially glad you took the time to watch this! This often gets a little lost in my horror stuff but it's probably one of my favourites!
Thanks for making this! my great grandad was killed by a doodlebug on Staines Road in Middlesex on 17th of July 1944.
Thank you for watching! I hadn't seen much that focussed on those in the blitz, I thought it was important to tell their story. . There was something truly terrifying about that silence between the engine and the explosion. My nan had some amazing stories, thankfully she was OK.
Wow!!! So well done. I felt that.
Good documentary I know my dad will love this he says hes the king of the south
I hope he enjoys it!
@@MattSears me too
how beautifully done
Thank you! Was made with a lot of love.
@@MattSears i can tell.
Gave me a heart attack at 5:00 haha. Really good story!
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Made me cry
Don't worry. Me too.
Great!
Oh my god! So good! 5:02 - Just as I was trying to figure out who he was and it came to me that she had just been talking about him... then the explosion. I don’t normally jump, but I jumped so hard, making a guttural sound, that I scared the living daylights out of my two pups snuggled up beside me.
Dolly is magnificent and I’m hoping that the sadness she is expressing in the video is merely good acting and she didn’t really have to live through such sadness. She’s convincing.
This is very well done! I am moved by how you blended her past with her present. I look forward to expiy
Haha that bit gets a lot of people. Really glad you took the time to watch. It gets a little lost amongst all the horror films on my channel but it's one of my favourite shorts. It was amazing to make this with my Nan, these shorts have always been really great bonding experiences.
It was a bit of a mix, she did live through the blitz and would have the fear of the 'Doodlebugs' - and the parts about my grandad Ron are all true. She wasn't ever directly hit by the bomb though thankfully, that was embellished for dramatic effect.
Really glad you enjoyed it! I hope I didn't scare the pups too much.
@@MattSears That is fascinating that you not only included your grandmother in the filming of your video, but that you incorporated some of her life story into it. You definitely have a lifelong fan in me!
@@tinaflintstone8148 Aw thank you Tina.
For some reason this is not available for me to watch which sucks because after watching I Heard It Too I really wanted to see more of your work. Damn. Maybe it's on Movie25...
I think it should be working now, it's working on my youtube. If not head over to vimeo.com/msears and its on my homepage. Thanks for taking an interest and wanting to see more of my work, it's much appreciated! :)
Did this actually happen?
Sure did, my Nan is a trooper!
@@MattSears yeah she is
what a great women