Tyneside ship-builder Joe Maddison lost his faith in the trenches at the Somme in 1916. Now that World War Two has begun he is too old to enlist alongside his son and son-in-law and is also in a reserved occupation so, after his wife Polly has left him for a sailor,he joins the Home Guard with his friends,Marxist Eddie and cynical,wise-cracking Harry.Harry's anti-authoritarian attitude causes problems with Mr. Simpson,the company commander,and Joe leads the men out on strike after Harry is expelled. However,after he has dealt with an unexploded bomb he is acclaimed a hero,and,along with his friends, reinstated,being promoted to corporal.He also meets widow Selina who brings him out of his shell but Polly returns,with the sailor's child,seeking a reconciliation, a request which splits the family. Come 1945 and the war is ending but Joe still has his personal conflict to resolve. 　　译文(2): 1916年，泰恩河畔的造船师乔 · 麦迪森(Joe Maddison)对索姆河战壕失去了信【资源囤-ZiYuanTun.Com】。现在第二次世界大战已经开始了，他已经老了，不能和他的儿子和女婿一起参军了，而且他还有一份保留的职业，所以，在他的妻子波莉离开他去当水手后，他和他的朋友，马克思主义者埃迪以及愤世嫉俗、睿智的哈里一起加入了国民警卫队。哈里的反独裁态度导致了连长辛普森先生的问题，在哈里被开除后，乔带领人们罢工。然而，在他处理了一个未爆炸的炸弹之后，他被称为英雄，并且和他的朋友一起复职，被提升为下士。他还遇到了寡妇 Selina，Selina 把他带出了他的壳，但是 Polly 回来了，带着水手的孩子，寻求和解，这个要求分裂了家庭。到了1945年，战争结束了，但乔仍然有他的个人冲突要解决。