I Went Back

2/4/2024

Actor Leo Genn takes an aircraft to Copenhagen to visit a city recovering from the Nazi occupation of WWII. Shipbuilding is resurgent around Hamlet's famed castle of Elsinore and the farming community has reclaimed the land from the foxholes and trenches. Then on to the Daimler factory in Vienna which has swapped tank manufacture for that of tractors before a tour of this city that still has the odd Russian tank to remind people that the future is still uncertain. Next, he visits the eternal city of Rome - largely unharmed by the bombings but still struggling to recover from the Fascist regime - a vast new train station offers an indication of the nation's aspirations, even if it's being built in the baking sun under the gaze of some lunchtime voyeurs! The Vatican remains unchanged as it's