Overview
- Description
- British produced film documents a typical night in London under the German aerial bombardment. Citizens go home in the evening rush hour, police and air raid wardens man their posts, and Londoners bed down in public air raid shelters. At 8:30 p.m. the bombing raid begins. Searchlight and antiaircraft units are active. Bombs fall and firemen fight fires while people sleep in shelter. At 6 a.m. the ""all clear"" sounds. King George and Queen Elizabeth inspect damage. Workers rake up debris and extinguish smoldering fires as London goes to work as usual. Stresses London's determination to fight on.
- Film Title
-
London Can Take It!
- Duration
- 00:09:23
- Date
-
Event:
1940
Production: 1940 October
- Locale
-
London,
England
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Producer:
Warner Bros. Pictures
Narrator: Quentin Reynolds
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Documentary.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Film Format
- Master
Master 4267 Digital: ProRes HD HQ 422 - HD
Master 4267 Digital: ProRes HD HQ 422 - HD
Master 4267 Digital: ProRes HD HQ 422 - HD
Master 4267 Digital: ProRes HD HQ 422 - HD
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- Conditions on Access
- You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
- Copyright
- Public Domain
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.
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Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- In process
- Film Provenance
- Jack Penman donated high definition film transfers of World War II materials from the National Archives and Records Administration to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in April 2017.
- Film Source
- Jack Penman
- File Number
- Source Archive Number: 171.38
- Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:18:20
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