The film exposes what it’s like to live through war from a home front point-of-view including jolting sirens warning of approaching aircrafts, air raids, a harrowing occasion in a bomb shelter, and even the Dunkirk evacuation. As the cloud of war arrives, all of their lives drastically change as they move from innocence to acceptance and sacrifice. He becomes romantically involved with “Carol Beldon”, the granddaughter of the blue-blooded pillar of the community, the prideful “Lady Beldon”. “Vin” has returned from Oxford University with all the youthful idealism and vigor of a young man about to embark on life. It begins as characters are indulging in life’s simple pleasures (such as buying an extravagant hat or box of cigars) just as England enters World War II. Miniver", an unpretentious housewife and mother, her husband “Clem”, and three children, “Vin”, “Judy” and “Toby”. Taking place in rural England, the story is from the perspective of "Mrs. Miniver” is a war film without battles, tanks, or gun fights.
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