A film from the Philpott File series with Trevor Philpott

The Salvation Army was born to save the souls of the inhabitants of the Victorian East End - and it was literally more like warfare than religion. General Booth's 'soldiers' suffered humiliation, injury, even death. They saw the devil in poverty, drunkenness and disease - and they fought him with bands playing and banners flying.
The bands are still playing, the banners still flying. But what devil are they fighting now, in the days of council housing and bingo, national health and package holidays? How much has the Salvation War changed - and how much is it still the same?