New Cross by Steve Garry | Script Revolution

New Cross

As WW II nears its end, members of a poor family in London's home front struggle to maintain their good spirit amidst a barrage of horrific, space-age weapons unleashed by the Nazis.

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This is a fictional treatment of a tragic historical event, much like Cameron’s "Titanic".

The climax follows events up to November 25, 1944, when a single Nazi V2 ballistic missile devastated a department store on New Cross Road in Britain. It was the single worst bombing of the entire blitz on English territory, with 168 killed and hundreds injured:

http://www.flyingbombsandrockets.com/V2_maintextb.html

So, similar to Jack and Rose on the Titanic, my story's widowed mother Elsa, her daughters Rebecca, 20, Maggie, 16, and son Sam, 9, didn't really exist. But ordinary people just like them did. As the seemingly never-ending conflict that was WWII dragged drearily on, they faced down the fearful, new, relentless missile threat with courage, humour and the undying love of family.

"New Cross" is also a story that hasn't been told! In my research, I found only a collection of survivor's stories, and a documentary. Yet, it was the single worst bombing of the blitz on Britain during WW II.

My view is that this war-time story could be done in one of two ways: As a big-budget Ridley Scott reenactment, or the lower budget BBC television movie take, with plenty of archival footage, shot in the older parts of Britain that remain.

If you'd like to view this story, I look forward to sending it to you. (Also available as Pilot + Episode One)

Producers: Please contact me for the full script/synopsis, or buy the Kindle version at
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007U052UQ

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Honorable Mention (London Movie Awards 2022)
Nominee (Golden Nugget International Film Festival Autumn 2022)

Submitted: February 24, 2017
Last Updated: December 13, 2022

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