London Can Take It
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- Produced by the British Government in October 1940, 'London Can Take It' is narrated by American journalist Quentin Reynolds and pays tribute to London and its people during the Blitz on the capital.
The film's huge impact at the time, especially in the USA, makes it historically one of the most important of the Ministry of Information's wartime films.
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The clip at 8mins 32 seconds was taken from the 1st floor balcony outside number 19 Stanfield House, NW8. My dad was standing beside him while he was taking it. I was later (1950) born in that flat. The bomb damage shown was caused by one of three bombs dropped by the same plane on 24 Sept. 1940. The 1st dropped just before the building, unfortunately scoring a direct hit on a shelter and killing all those inside. The 3rd dropped just up the road, which until a few years ago, was still bumpy.
Fun fact, the queen and king (our current queens mother and father) actually refused to go elsewhere safe, they wanted to stay with their people and sacrifice themselves to show that London truely is strong.
@Rosida Andriyana hahaha hello
They were extraordinary people and part of the reason the British royal family has been held in such high esteem. They could have easily left and fled to Canada which was a dominion. But they didn't. Other kings, queens, princes, and princesses fled their homelands leaving the people to fend for themselves. In the fall of 1940 everyone on earth knew England was finished. But Hitler knew that whatever he expended on a channel crossing took his war machine away from his ultimate goal....Russia. And we all know how that turned out.
I have lived in London 33 years, and my first job was in community care, many of the people i went to remember these days, every thursday i went to two ladys in there 90s and would make me tea and told me storys about that time and what it was like, there brother never came back from the war and his body was never found, we must never for get this alful time, thats why every november its important that we take time to remember all the millions of lives lost. Its not to much.
it's really funny cos no one asked
@@uptxwn_mo214 stfu?? it's an interesting story there's no need for you to be so horrible he's just sharing his experience-
@@uptxwn_mo214 its really funny cause when I looked at you I puked
@@uptxwn_mo214No one asked you to be a cunt either but here we are :/
God bless our Grand Parents / Great ... etc..real HEROES.
My great granddad was an ARP warden in Lemington, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK during WWII.
My grandad was a fire watcher in Heaton, Newcastle during the war. Small world.
funny cos no one asked
My granddad was an ARP warden in London. He's one of the white helmets picking through the bombsite by the overturned bus at 5:57 - the so-called "Mornington Crescent Disaster" (although it was actually just around the corner on Harrington Square).
It is a shame that folks of today have forgotten about this. We're so into ourselves and our "rights" that we've forgotten what our grandparents went through, and the daily sacrifices that they made. We're not nearly as resilient today, as they were then. It's easier today to point fingers and blame others for what is wrong, then to face problems head on. We complain about war but forget about those who are suffering in Arab nations, like what happened with Germany. Sad. Very, VERY sad.
1:59 always gives me goosebumps
Same
a tiny island nation of incredibly tough and proud people......
If you compare what London faced during WWII to what happened in New York on 9-11, one dwarfs the other. Can you imagine 911 happened 60 to 80 days in a row? That is what London faced, not only were bombs falling by the hundreds every night, but planes too that had been hit by the flak or had mid air collisions. My great aunt grew up in London and was there when this happened. Some of the stories she told me were horrific.
LOST WITH YOUR COMMENT im English and 911 was terrible you dont compare terrible things they are both equally bad. at 911 we see on tv people jumping from the towers. how you compare that with the blitz ???? you cant compare and you should not be, its like your insulting the other
You guys really buy into 9/11 huh? You lost all credibility with me.
The Blitz was in response to the British bombing Germany.
The Blitz was during the war where Germany was trying to defeat England. 9/11 was a terror attack purposely to terrorise NY. They are from different times and different causes
top banana actually, the blitz was definitely more terrible. 32000 casualties and 87,000 injuries were in the blitz.
This is a powerful video. My grandfather grew up in London during the war, he was a tough guy.
no one asked
A truly amazing film. 5 Stars
My Dad, who's now 83, lived at No.19 and tells me about dodging falling shrapnel, watching the flying bombs, hearing explosions. The bomb crater shown at 8:32 seconds into the video was the 2nd of three in a row..the first went one side of the flats, onto the shelter, the other this side as shown, and the third about 100 yds up the road, which you can also see. The road surface from that 3rd one has only recently been properly repaired !.
6:12 "...the shops are open as usual, in fact many of them are more open than usual" A good sample of the British sense of humor
And we are still a great nation. God bless us every one!
Our teacher showed this in class
Mridula Bhat mine showed us this today
W ow
Great video, Great Speech, Great tribute to a Great Britain!
I feel so bad for them. They are so strong.
This is a very touching tribute.
These people should always be reminded as true heroes.
Of course this is a propaganda video, but it was necessary to cheer them up a bit. Sometimes, simplest things like this video can make a great change in the population's mind. We can't even imagine what they went through, and in my opinion, these kinds of messages were of a considerable help for everyone. It was also a way to tell the world about their situation and convince them to act.
We should always look back at this historic period with respect and not forget to just tell them "Thank you".
how is it propaganda to cheer them up ???? lol this news was been sent to america. the British people would never no this been said
top banana it’s not propaganda at all it’s the blitz known as black Saturday 7th September 1940
@@nicolelawless3199 it is propaganda. propaganda is "information used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view."
This is an historic document. It's wonderful to see it on a free, public service like TH-cam.
Is any from my school watching this for history cause of quarantine
meee lol
I can't imagine living through this as a nightly occurence.
I’m smiling with pride.
Good old London Town
This is probably one of the most realistic records of the blitz on London during WW2
#??? its edited lol watch this th-cam.com/video/RFlIY-YVB8s/w-d-xo.html
This makes me so proud to be British
Seriously, I cant even imagine living like this for months. The psychological pressure must've been awful on the people of Britain. I think this kind of explains why most European nations are very hesitant about starting a war. Here in the US we have fought many wars, but truth be told, we were never attacked in the homeland. As horendous as 9/11 was, i dont really think it can hold a candle to the London Blitz.
did not the Japanese send balloon bombs to the states. sure i read something about that few years back
If I said to you that one country above all others deserved all our thanks for deliverance from the Nazis. Which country do you think it is? Britain, France, Canada, Australia, USA, etc.? These countries did fight combined as Allies and did much together to end the conflict - BUT - although we might not like it the country/state that fought hardest was the Soviet Union. They lost more people in one Battle - "Stalingrad" than all the other countries lost throughout the whole war. It is estimated that 40 million lost their lives during WW2. The Soviet Union lost, "wait for it" - 27 million, about 70% of all losses. Is it any wonder they get paranoid about other countries encroaching on there doorstep. Mind you, it's more like a mafia state now so we should not confuse their intentions to dominate where they can.
@@mikelewis6233 FD.R called him good ole Joe. They were buddies
@@topbanana8438 they tried, but very few actually had effect. I think only 2 actually ever made it here, one of them didn't explode and the other landed in the desert. The other hundreds that they sent ended up in the ocean.
History will always rightly question the politics of war but I will always by proud of my parents generation for how they faced those times.
2:29 How poetic and well said.
Thanks so much for sharing - this will be incredibly useful for my novel!
A timely reminder of courage in a population subjected to a reign of terror, and how to get on with life.
What stories like yours that so many people must have from those times! There must be several good books full of them.
Thanks for this info 🎉🎉🎉
Damn straight LONDON CAN TAKE IT I HAVE LIVED IN LONDON MY WHOLE LIFE AND AM LEARNING ABOUT HE WAR IN SCHOOL.
Amazing! Thanks for posting.
Wow how fascinating 😃
what a feeling it is to watch this. how proud i am of londoners.
My father was physically scarred by these attacks as a boy in East London. He was evacuated to Oxford and proudly jokes to this day that he was educated in Oxford.
The flats shown at 5:39secs into the video, is in Frampton St. London NW8. They are still there and you can see where the damage has been repaired. I was born in 1950 on this Estate, a plaque on the wall under the window of the room where I was born marks where a bomb went into the shelter killing many.
An aeroplane factory just down the road was the intended target. The scene at 8:32 seconds in was taken on the balcony outside my family's front door, N.19 Stanfield House.
Very cool and educational
im glad i found this need to write about it for media!
Makes me proud to be a londoner, but they are very big shoes to fill.
5:25, had to smile, despite everything going on, the milkman still comes! Wouldn't happen now!
Brings a tear to the eye.
Oh no!! I feel soooooo sorry for the people in WW2
My dad's brother, who was staying and survived that night, was last seen pushing his bike over that rubble (8:32) the following morning. He cycled home to Gunnersbury where the following day he was in a shelter in Gunnersbury Park that took a direct hit. This time he, and all inside, were killed.
I'm so sorry...how terrible for you.
Whilst my Uncle who fought at Dunkirk, who was injured but returned to Alamein..where he died, his wife and child died in the London Bombing..
I am so very Proud, of being a Londoner, incredibly braze people, a like we will never see again. Kind regards.
@garfrain wow thanks.it warms my heart to know your on the ball.
I was shown it at school.
Can you imagine such heroism and bravery in today's London if it were to be attacked? I can't.
Mature nations like Great Britain's folks know they will, never the less, survive and carry on, what ever may come.
The clip at 5:38 is a block about 75 yards away. It was not bombed the same night as Stanfield House, but is very close to where that night's 3rd bomb fell in the road. Subsequent bombs hit the school ( on right in scene at 8:32) and other blocks of flats on the estate. The bomber's targets were the power station, the railway and Palmer's Aero factory (made parts for warplanes). My dad's family decided not to use that shelter that night, so they all survived, but many friends perished.
Wow that is so unbelievably
Very interesting film. Its important to show young generation's how things were for Britain during WW2. Let's hope we don't have to live through another war in Europe.
Saw on TCM tonight Very interesting on "Keep Calm and Carry On"
We must never forget the sacrifices made by everyone in both world wars the word sacrifice means to give up for to donate or do in favour of.
Mothers wives children all lost loved ones in the trenches, they fought their own war at home.
The Second World War was even worse because the enemy brought carnage to our homes on a nightly basis.
Thank god for our defence, our men and women who worked hard all day and fought hard all night .
I look at today’s youth.... bloody hell ... what are these things that couldn’t give a dam about anything.They claim to be depressed and hard done by, ...only the other day I was at my girlfriends home eating a beautiful roast dinner prepared by her.
At either end of the dining table ,we’re her two girls,....... grunting and snorting like sows ...and.... texting while eating...yeah texting....each other.
No conversation from them, if I asked a question, it was greeted with one word answers.
Is this what our ancestors really fought and gave their lives for......what the bloody hell is this world about....now
Somebody please tell me
It is truly sad to see a society in the past who would gladly give up food, housing, money, every last thing they had to ensure that their fathers and brothers and sons would return home safe. They would be proud to have a country which cared for its citizens by enforcing blackout times and food rationing. Now we live in a society who's people will detest to putting on a mask to aid in the health of our country, a simple thing like that. Isn't it insane how society has turned into a melting pot of selfish isolators who care not for their fellow human being?
The masks don’t stop transmission. Propaganda was used by your own government on you. We are all fighting a very different war this time.
@Bigredgumball . You pointed out something lost in the foul mouthed arguments on this page - the human aspect of the bombings. What is it like to go out for the evening and come back to a blackened shell, or nothing at all? If only people would look outside of themselves and their political arguments to see the human view and cost of these actions. Perhaps they wouldn't be so quick to spew venom at each other in these postings. Thanks for your sharing and sensitivity.
It's not the most thrilling viewing. But it is an important part of our history that people should be aware of.
The best...
The British won the propaganda war against the Germans with amazing films like this. While the Germans were talking to their own people, the British were talking to the world.
Who's here from fucking history 1095???
what did it feel like to see it again?
did you know this footage existed? Have you seen it before?
@H215 PROPHETIC!!!!
thanks for postihng this! very helpful, was just trying to write a paper from memory of only one viewing! yikes
me too
Yep :)
I watch this and think of Syria. When is the world going to act? God bless
@stickershomeplus Thank You :)
God Bless Great Britain!
Hardcore... thanks to Ricky and NationalArchives08
@garfrain clever you are, it will serve you well as you progress e noho ra........
is this the original version?
Hi, Miss Oldrieve ;)
that might have been fine - if we could have been sure that Hitler would have stopped at the Channel! But people like that never know when to stop - it would have been our turn sooner or later.
Quote from my Grandmother born 1890s. “Those young foreign gentlemen, came over here, without an invitation, it’s a wonder that the Government ever allowed it”.
To whom was she referring? The Nazis, or the Yanks, Canucks, Aussies, and others?
You make it very easy to you..
Only in this great country would a soldier bravely rescue that cat. Makes me proud :)
6:12 is that the british humour that everyone talks about?
Ths must have been an Amazing time an awful time all together.. why I say amazing is because the People came together as one. One nation, one People, one cause, one Purpose.. now everyone going in thousand ways not paying attention, Not Even looking up at one another to notice each other cause there Afraid they might miss something from there iPhone or a Snapchat they just can’t miss Lol.. Yes I feel we might be more advanced but somehow I feel we’ve stepped backwards instead of forwards.!!! I’d love to live back then whn We were All Together for a Common Purpose a common reason,& most importantly a Common Good.. Thnks for Ur sacrifices to make Me & US safe & given US the Life we live, the life lead..
People would never support an imperialist war today.
me too! i watch anything he tells me to lol
And me! :D
Very scary to say the least
@Yuushoku England put America on the map, as well as helped populate it. Queen Elizabeth was the only person looney enough in Europe to actually fund and ship the journey to help America. My ancestors (and yes I do mean my relatives) were on the Mayflower. If it wasn't for the intervention of the English, the American history would look a lot different.
theres noone like us brits!
there is! the Americans have the same fighting instinct exactly the same. after all they was British
Oh so it's a racial thing is it? Blood and iron eh? You’re both a disgrace to these people,who were fighting against that kind of racist nonsense.
Margaret Gaskin brits aren't a race
put the fucking pitchfork down
@H215 You didnt read the comment well..unless you were there... I was as I was a kid ..watching the planes with mates ..my dads in the RAF..we'll get the buggers ... mates Dad in the RN on board. HMS Rodney... dad wont let them get here..no not..crap just pride
Every british city took a beating, night after night for 5 years, especially Coventry (almost bombed out of existence). Virtually every UK family lost someone during this time, and many are still trying to trace their lost relatives. The UK is now only a shadow of it's former self. Was the cost worth it?
Michael Lewis everybody thinks that it was London. What about Coventry. The Germans coined the term Coventrieren to describe the razing of a city.
I did not forget Coventry. In any case, this all started because of a young girl from the USA mentioning that there did not seem to be much to do for the teenagers during this time..! I explained that she had no concept of the situation. Everyone including teenagers were only concerned with surviving and fighting the enemy. The USA had never experienced anything like this so they could not really comprehend the difficulties.
He didn't intend to be neutral, despite what he says. The film was commissioned by the British Ministry of Information, with the aim of persuading the US to join the war on the British side. Reynolds was usually a fairly neutral journalist, but he personally felt strongly that the US should join the war effort sooner rather than later.
anyone get sent this for history work?
yep lmao
@Elberiver11 Hitler made a non aggression pact with Denmark and Norway, only to invade a year later. Did the same with Russia, only to invade a year later. Then in December 1941, one day after Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, Hitler declared war on the USA. You should read a History Book about WWII !
@bulked lol, the germans dont even really remember that world cup
better than having to speak German now - if we'd been allowed to be around at all!!
of course, that's easier for me to say, since I didn't go through it myself - but they must have thought so then, cos if they'd have fought just a tad less hard that's what would have happened.
They saved the world.
As a Russian, this is great to learn about some other countries.
This remedies me of 1D
Interestingly, it was during World War II that the American voice and speech pattern became prominent in broadcasting.
That mid-atlantic twangy broadcasting accent. I love it. Did anyone in the US ever really speak that way normally?
Its actually not American! It's an accent known as the "transatlantic accent". It was used in films which would be seen on both sides of the Atlantic so that neither of them would find the voices abnormal
London Can Take It! is a short British propaganda film from 1940, which shows the effects of eighteen hours of the German blitz on London and its people. Intended to sway the US population in favour of Britain's plight, it was produced by the GPO Film Unit* for the British Ministry of Information and distributed throughout the United States by Warner Bros. The film was directed by Humphrey Jennings (one of the founders of Mass Observation) and Harry Watt, and narrated by US war correspondent Quentin Reynolds.
The film opens with shots of the London streets in late afternoon, as people begin their commute home. The narrator reminds the audience that these people are part of the greatest civilian army the world has ever known, and are going to join their respective service before London's "nightly visitor" arrives. Listening posts are stationed as far away as the coastline and the "white fingers" of searchlights touch the sky.
FIESTY ONE YOU ARE
You missed the point. I am not trying to dismiss the tragedy of 911 in any way. As horrible as it was, 911 was a single event, not quite the same as the Blitz which went on night after night for weeks. The US has never experienced a war of the scale and magnitude of either world war on American soil.
sadly, I have to agree. Can you see this "gimme" generation, this "me first" generation, suffering such deprivation? and i'm not being bolier-than-thou - I live in the east end, and i sometimes wonder how much use I'd have been. I'm so glad that I don't have to find out
they don't make 'em like they used to.
I take your point, and we (British) could never have accepted such a regime. British history is littered with the fallen in defence of freedom. Lets face it, we have spent most of our history battling, mostly with each other. One reason for Hitler not invading Britain when he had the opportunity is that Britain would be a hell hole to control, no matter what measures he took. So why invite trouble? Maybe we should have withdrawn after the Battle of Britain and left Europe to get on with it!
it should be taught in school indeed! old saying that to forget what happened before is one way to make sure it happens again ... so long as, nowadays, they teach about German cities and German civilians killed as well - and learn that it's abuse of power that causes wars
@Elberiver11 what would the nazis have done if they had won oh i wonder.
@boltoniangirl Yeah, you`d all be speaking French.