History Course Work: Evacuation
. Study Sources B and C.
Which Source is the most useful as evidence about the start if the children's evacuation journey?
Source B is a photograph that was taken at the beginning of the war in 1939, September. It shows children and adult evacuees walking to the train station ready to be evacuated. The mood in this source is rather happy considering the circumstances, this maybe because the photo was taken by a government member and used as a from of propaganda, taking into account the time when it was taken it could be highly likely. If it was used as propaganda it would show people that the evacuation was merely just a sort of 'adventure' for them and Britain had it under control. Source C however, is a interview with a teacher who obviously accompanied the children to the train station. The interview was done in 1988 after the war. This excerpt from the interview tells us the general mood from first hand point of view of the evacuees whilst boarding the trains. Its says '...the children were too afraid to talk', this shows us that the atmosphere wasn't really as merry as Source B showed made it out to be, but instead it tells us that the people knew what was going on and felt intimidated by others. Source c also tells us that the adults or parents never had the slightest clue in where they were going so this could of also decreased the happiness. This Source could have been used to show an inside view on the evacuation as this evidence is primary. I think the two sources were useful in different ways but I think Source C is more useful because it is an all round piece of information where as Source B is just what the government want us to see.
. Study Sources B and C.
Which Source is the most useful as evidence about the start if the children's evacuation journey?
Source B is a photograph that was taken at the beginning of the war in 1939, September. It shows children and adult evacuees walking to the train station ready to be evacuated. The mood in this source is rather happy considering the circumstances, this maybe because the photo was taken by a government member and used as a from of propaganda, taking into account the time when it was taken it could be highly likely. If it was used as propaganda it would show people that the evacuation was merely just a sort of 'adventure' for them and Britain had it under control. Source C however, is a interview with a teacher who obviously accompanied the children to the train station. The interview was done in 1988 after the war. This excerpt from the interview tells us the general mood from first hand point of view of the evacuees whilst boarding the trains. Its says '...the children were too afraid to talk', this shows us that the atmosphere wasn't really as merry as Source B showed made it out to be, but instead it tells us that the people knew what was going on and felt intimidated by others. Source c also tells us that the adults or parents never had the slightest clue in where they were going so this could of also decreased the happiness. This Source could have been used to show an inside view on the evacuation as this evidence is primary. I think the two sources were useful in different ways but I think Source C is more useful because it is an all round piece of information where as Source B is just what the government want us to see.
