Archaeologists dig up central Dover to uncover wartime secrets

Archaeologists have been uncovering secrets from the wartime past of Kent's frontline town.

A dig is taking place on the edge of Dover town centre ahead of a major redevelopment. Much of the area was destroyed by bombs and shells in World War Two that killed many residents and flattened rows of Victorian and Georgian houses.

Now cellars from homes in what was part of St James's Street have been discovered by a team from Canterbury Archaeological Trust. They've also found artefacts from the Mediaeval period.

We speak to Keith Parfitt and Marie-Claire Rackham-Mann from the Canterbury Archaeological Trust.

Still photographs in this piece are used courtesy of Dover Museum which has researched the history of St James' s Street and Woolcomber Street, the area around the dig site.

Archive film is courtesy of Pathe.