London World War II - 1940 | Movietone Moment | 29 December 2023
On this day in 1940, Germany bombed London with incendiary bombs. Here is a British Movietone report showing the bomb-damaged areas of London a few months earlier.
Their Majesties continue to visit the people in bomb-damaged areas. Guy’s Hospital - The hospital suffered badly. ? Dean Street - The house next door to Movietone’s HQ was hit. ? Park Lane - Houses in Hamilton Gardens off Park Lane. County Hall? Oxford Circus - The large shops in Oxford Street have been hit. ? West End Stores - Auxiliary Firemen fight blaze at John Lewis Stores. ? The Strand - Traffic in the Strand carries on despite bomb craters.
King and Queen Visit Fulham And Chelsea ? Their Majesties make a tour of the damage and are introduced to ARP personnel. Crowds cheer. ? ? King and Queen at Madame Tussaud’s ? Various shots of the King and Queen looking at the ruined cinema. One shot shows effigies of Hitler and Goebbels and Goering. ? ? Guy’s Hospital ? Various shots of the ruined hospital. ? ? Dean Street ? Shots of 20th Century Fox Building and the ruined house just behind. ? ? Park Lane ? Shots of the crater in Hamilton Gardens and the nearby broken windows. ? ? County Hall ? Shots of the damaged building and also cuts showing holes in the face of Big Ben. ? ? Oxford Circus ? Wreckage is piled up in the roadway under the damaged corner of Messrs. Peter Robinson’s store. ? ? John Lewis ? Auxiliary firemen play their hoses on the still blazing wreckage while others removed dummies from the mess. A sailor gives the firemen some tea. ? ? Strand ? Traffic passes the huge crater in which workmen are busy. Church in background (Temple). ? ? Northern Slogans ? Shots of posters after a Northern store had been badly damaged by the bombs. ? ? Business as usual signs. ? Also some censored scenes of the Marble Arch and nearby damage, and Bond Street.
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