Pathe have rights to clips in Time to Remember programmes but not to commentary or whole programme as screened. <br/><br/>Reel 2. <br/><br/>01:06:04 London - VS of heavily sandbagged buildings. Signs telling people to be prepared - The Phoney War. Air Raid Precaution displays, mock ups of bomb damage and crashed enemy planes. The ARP and other Civil Defence forces show their skills.<br/><br/>01:06:45 Buckingham Palace hosts a sewing group. Queen Elizabeth knitting.<br/><br/>01:07:01 People watch a Chimpanzees' tea party and visiting the Zoo. LS Of Palace of Westminster. Voiceover quotes 'In God's name go!". MS of Neville Chamberlain leaving Downing Street. SV of Winston Churchill walking in.<br/><br/>01:07:53 VS of German troops launching Blitzkrieg invasion into Holland France.<br/><br/>01:08:26 Dutch and Belgian troops prepare guns. VS British and French troops cross the Belgian frontier to take up positions. Tanks and guns move forwards. VS of German troops fighting in streets as they invade France. Air to air shots of Stuka dive bombers. Attack on the River Meuse bridges. German troops cross the river in small boats. Various shots of refugees on the move. British troops march past on their way forward. More good shots of Stuka Dive bombers. German troops move through burning town.<br/><br/>01:11:43 French Troops boarding ships in Holland to escape. Refugees are also seen leaving on ships. German planes attack ships. VS of the Dutch Royal Family on board ship as they come to England. VS of Queen Wilhelmina, Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands arriving in Dover.<br/><br/>01:13:05 VS of refugees being cared for in reception centres in England.<br/><br/>01:13:34 End of Part One Titles.

World War II German Blitzkrieg (lightning war) in Belgium. German paratroops jump from aircraft and descend on parachutes into Belgium. German bombers in flight. Civilians and children seeking safety on street. Explosion near a building in the city. Location: Belgium. Date: 1940.

POV IN A TANK. MAY 1940. TANKS SMASH THROUGH THE WOODS. ARTILLERY CANNONS FIRE WWII WARFARE. GERMANS IN FRANCE. THE BLITZKRIEG. DESTROYED STONE BRIDGE. DESERTED VILLAGE.

Allies send food to England as people struggle to survive the blitz

A London building is destroyed as a result of the German Blitzkrieg.

ISSUE_NO = 588 NO_OF_ITEMS = 12 ITEM_NO = 1 DESCRIPTION : BLITZKRIEGS MAY COME BUT NAZIS WILL FALL - Germany makes massed aerial attacks on the defences of London. CARD_FILE = 39972 CARD_TITLE : Blitzkriegs May Come But Nazis Will Fall SHOT_LIST : A symposium made from CARD 39664 & 39671. Formation of German bombers are sighted, British fighters take off and join issue. Shots of crashed Nazi planes, including one on fire. Spitfires and Hurricanes. KEYWORDS : Airforce - Active; Spitfire Fighters; Aviation; Air Raids and War Damage; Battle of Britain; Great Britain; Hurricane Fighters INDEX : Battle Of Britain MATERIAL : Neg 5403 See CARD 39664 & 39671 LENGTH_SHOT = 93 DATE_SUBD = 00/00/1940

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Scenes from the London Blitz during World War II

UNIVERSAL NEWS REEL B&W silent Universal Newsreel Presents A Graphic Resume of the Epochal Events of the Past Year [WWII] Blitzkrieg: 1940; Norway: Refugees fleeing city/ German troops marching into city/ fleets at sea/ ships firing guns/ battle scenes at sea; Aerial shots of Heinkel bombers in flight/ Nazi soldiers parachute out/ hundreds of them/ street scenes / people fleeing for cover/ explosions; The Battle of Britain: German planes dropping bombs on British ships/ British planes in flight/ WS of the skyline of London/ guns firing/ Aerials at night of London burning/ shots of destroyed areas/ King George and Queen Mary visiting w/ the people/ Winston Churchill observing damages/ bombed out churches and other bldgs; Destroyers for Britain: VS of a fleet of destroyers; America Prepares: FDR signing document/ CU of docu reading Sept. 16.1940. VS of American Recruits; VS of Campaign Elections activities/ FDR waving from White House; Shots of bridge collapsing. Tacoma-Narrows bridge collapse; ""On the War Front"

b&w - 1940s WWII Newsreel - London, England - skyline at night - Big Ben - aerial attack - Blitzkrieg - Nazi Luftwaffe Blitz - people sleep in subway station tube - underground - bombing - fire - c/u Charles A. Lindbergh speaks against aggression - W.M.C.A. radio microphone - Wendell Willkie speaks (CBS microphones visible) - devastated buildings in London - people clean up rubble - British flags

[WWII] Blitzkrieg: 1940 Norway: Refugees fleeing city/ German troops marching into city/ fleets at sea/ ships firing guns/ battle scenes at sea. Aerial shots of Heinkel bombers in flight/ Nazi soldiers parachute out/ hundreds of them/ street scenes / people fleeing for cover/ explosions. The Battle of Britain: German planes dropping bombs on British ships/ British planes in flight/ WS of the skyline of London/ guns firing/ Aerials at night of London burning/ shots of destroyed areas/ King George and Queen Mary visiting w/ the people/ Winston Churchill observing damages/ bombed out churches and other bldgs. Destroyers for Britain: VS of a fleet of destroyers. America Prepares: FDR signing document/ CU of docu reading Sept. 16.1940. VS of American Recruits. VS of Campaign Elections activities/ FDR waving from White House. Shots of bridge collapsing.

Scenes of German aerial blitzkrieg attacks in United Kingdom during World War 2. The battle of Britain begins on August 8, 1940: British ships underway at sea. German warplanes in flight. The German aircraft drop bombs on British shipping. Ships explode. Explosions and smoke rise. Anti aircraft guns are fired at German planes. German plane is shot down. Houses and buildings burn and dock yards in flame after German blitz begins in earnest on September 7, 1940. Scenes of devastation in London in the months September through November of 1940 as German day and night blitz raids continues. Ruins and damaged buildings, cathedrals, and homes. British school children are evacuated in buses to outlying areas and other countries. British boys and girls are seen waving goodbye, loading into buses, and the children are then seen in transit out of the city for their safety. Blitzkrieg bombing damage scenes in England are shown. Firemen douse fire with water hoses. View of fires in London from Luftwaffe Blitz. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill inspects the ruined city and talks with workers and firemen. Views of London residents, smiling and cheering with spirit of triumph over evil during World War II. Location: United Kingdom. Date: August 8, 1940.