London's Biggest Blitz (1941)

Title reads: "London's Biggest Blitz".
L/S of flares falling to ground at night. Various shots of blazing buildings at night. Various night shots of firemen playing hoses onto the flames.
Various shots of nurses, firemen and other ARP (Air Raid Precautions) workers working amongst the ruins on the following morning. Various shots of gutted and ruined buildings, many of which are still smouldering. People living in bombed out houses are helped out of rubble by ARP workers, many clutching bundles of their possessions. More shots of Londoners and Civil Defence Workers clearing debris from streets.
FILM ID:1113.16
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[@jazzpianoman01]

Both my grandparents lived through the Blitz, having to face regular air raids and raising my mum, my aunt and my uncle through it. Must have been terrifying

[@MarkHarrison733]

The Blitz was in response to the RAF bombing cities and towns in Germany.

[@iPod1]

@@MarkHarrison733 because the uk had absolutely no reason to or anything 😂

[@JamesRichards-mj9kw]

@@iPod1 The UK was occupying half of the world in 1940.

[@iPod1]

@@JamesRichards-mj9kw firstly, no, that is just plain incorrect, it was a bit more than a quarter, secondly, woooosh.

[@TheDoctor394]

My grandparents went through the same thing. My father was born the following year.

[@malcolmdale]

My father was in the London Fire Brigade during the war. He told us they used to work 24 hours on and 24 hours off.

[@agnivabanerjee3983]

The theatricality of his voice!!!

[@hazel_luna]

it's that good BBC dialect! So nice on the ear.

[@noahcook2079]

A not so fun fact: the Germans would purposely wait until the tide was low in the river Thames and then use fire bombs on London so that the firemen would struggle to put it out because of the low tide.

[@heinkle1]

They got it back with interest

[@carstenhofmann1694]

If the Germans used phosphorus-fire-bombs, then there would have been no way to extinguish them with water....

[@MarkHarrison733]

@@heinkle1 The Blitz was in response to the RAF bombing cities and towns in Germany. Churchill began civilian bombing.

[@whoisjohnwick]

@@MarkHarrison733 interesting, anything I can read about this?

[@MarkHarrison733]

@@whoisjohnwick Richard Overy confirmed the truth in his book.

[@henryellis1358]

During WW2 there was no TV so `British Pathe ` was an important news source, I seem to remember it was always that same voice. you could see the fires for miles.

[@johnking5174]

Television news didn't exist even before the war. BBC Television opened in 1936, and they relied on airing the cinema newsreels. BBC Television News didn't start until after the war, with Television Newsreel launched in 1948.

[@joydip9044]

There were but limited to only few households

[@doctorsocrates4413]

God bless all the lost souls...a tougher generation then...british public won the war at home.

[@MarkHarrison733]

The UK lost both world wars very badly.

[@rblxchad]

There are no winners in war…

[@YouTubemessedupmyhandle]

@@MarkHarrison733if you want to see what losing a war actually looks like then look at Germany in 1945.

[@MarkHarrison733]

@@TH-cammessedupmyhandle Germany had surpassed the UK by 1955, even though Britain received more Marshall Aid than any other country.

[@YouTubemessedupmyhandle]

@@MarkHarrison733 and that is relevant to my point how?

[@hawkeyemode3115]

“Blimey he wasn’t half cross with us last night”

[@stevelee4952]

My mum and dad's families lived through the blitz, close to East londons east India docks. My dad is sadly dead but my 93 year old mum still says "Hitler couldn't kill me so f_ck all else will". God bless em x

[@MarkHarrison733]

Churchill began civilian bombing in World War II.

[@stuvan2976]

please all people worldwide...its terrible for all innocent people in a war...but please remember all our loved pets and animals that need help during war too....❤❤

[@user-bu7xk4oi3s]

They thought the British were filming German propaganda, but the British were filming. What happened to their city to tell us and to tell Russia not to trust Hitler they’re good like that.

[@Stfuuuuu4433]

Barrow was bombed but the town hall wasn't destroyed it's my home town

[@user-bu7xk4oi3s]

All I’m saying is that we know what you went through because we watched 911 go down. You may not believe me but it’s painful.😢

[@elkawaryto2336]

A beautiful piece of history

[@oyedeepak]

WTF?

[@MiaMia-px5xo]

Indeed!

[@CrossOfBayonne]

Actually not, Many civilians across Britain and most of Europe died

[@brildidge9523]

Why do these old documentaries talk only about England ( although this particular video concerns London it is nonetheless the capital of the whole UK. ). In the WW1 song " Till The Boys Come Home " they mention that no Englishman is silent at the sacred call of friend but weren't the Scottish, Welsh and Irish - plus the people of the colonies from Australia to Africa fighting too ? It reminds me of how we used always to refer to the USSR as " Russia " even though very many of its citizens were not Russian at all. No disrespect meant to anybody by the way and the dear people in this video are heroes indeed.

[@MarkHarrison733]

Ireland was neutral. Stalin supplied all of the fuel used by the Luftwaffe during the Blitz.

[@tigerland4328]

I think the Germans and the Americans are more likely to refer to the UK as "England" than the English are. The number of times iv seen American documentaries say things like "the rebels freed The colonies from England" or "England's empire" 🤦

[@ilikecheese3701]

why did my primary school think this was okay to show to a class of 5-6 year olds

[@alythelion7539]

…

[@alythelion7539]

idk

[@Coltnz1]

Ask the school.

[@nathanwilson2116]

Because it is?

[@Mr_laugh_out_loud]

I remember watching this in school

[@Keymoss]

Imagine being the camera man bro

[@alangilbert1559]

He's honoring the dishonorable

[@Luke_Skywalker1836]

Crazy

[@ajrwilde14]

what were the flares for

[@stevehendon4076]

They used red and green flares to mark the targets for the bombers

[@user-zk4tr6jo1e]

When ever I see this old stuff images is like i have experience it before or i was there

[@ID-X-CLOSED_PUBG]

Hiiiiiii😉

[@allgood6760]

This is evil! ✈️👹

[@itr8247]

🔥🔥🔥☄☄☄🌋🌋🌋

[@drpoundsign]

Terrible! But, BOY, I bet the fire service over there had an even worse day today-7/19/2022-from the Climate Change Heatwave.

[@mertkanapaydin4367]

🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@Cal-Valhalla]

🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@daniellamcgee4251]

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[@manmanmanwatnboudel5072]

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[@MiaMia-px5xo]

Great! Haha.

[@dutchvanderlinde4969]

Hamburg & Dresden. Hiroshima & Nagasaki 😋😋

[@LoneWolf74511]

@@dutchvanderlinde4969the allies were no less worse than the axis, as you mentioned.

[@YouTubemessedupmyhandle]

@@LoneWolf74511the allies were fighting a war they didn’t start, and they were fighting enemies literally exterminating whole populations as well.