The paper's recent report, “The Baby Killers,” is scheduled to be screened today (February 7th) at St. Lawrence Parish Church Community Hall, and will be screened at the Scarborough venue on March 1st.
The documentary will collaborate with Tees Valley International Film Festival (TVIFF) and photography and film productions to include local Living History Museums, Heugh Battery Museum and Malton in Hartlepool. Created by the Eden Camp Modern History Museum.
On the morning of December 16th, 1914, German battleships fired more than 1,000 explosive shells at Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.
The raid that continued within 40 minutes led to the deaths of more than 100 civilians, and World War I marked one attack on British soil.
According to a spokesman, the event “had great anger towards the government from the British people and great anger towards the government for not protecting Teesside and North Yorkshire from the German Navy.”
The documentary is told by historian Summer O'Brien, who works at the Eden Camp.
She has been fascinated by the Malton Museum since her childhood, and has since written a dissertation on the bombing in question as part of her history degree.
The film was made by Mick Child and his son George from Forge photography and filmmaking.
The pair previously achieved success at last year's Tees Valley International Film Festival, winning a documentary about York's last D-Day veterans.
Child approached television in February 2024 with the idea of a “baby killer.”
Television director Michael Luke said, “The premiere of “Baby Killer” was an incredibly special moment, as it opened at the Tea Valley International Film Festival 2024.
“Thanks to Mick and George's talent and hard work, we can't just bring the story back to public consciousness, but we can do so at the Stockton Ark Arts Centre, just a few miles from where the fire took place. It's done.
“The sold-out crowds produced by the premiere and the applause the film received at the end of the screening have become this outstanding cinematic testimony that tells this tragic story.”
The Stephen Joseph Theatre will host a screening of the film, followed by a question and answer session with Ms O'Brien on Saturday, March 1st at 2:45pm.
Tickets can be met online or in person from the theatre box office revenue.
