On The Chin! (1942)

Titles read: “ON THE CHIN! Story told by Quentin Reynolds“. Various locations of events. M/S of Pathe special correspondent, American Quentin Reynolds seated at his typewriter at a desk (library shot). Flashback to the Blitz on London in December 1940; night air raids, buildings on fire, firemen working to put out flames, morning after scenes of the devastation and bombed out buildings. Quentin speaks of Londoners taking it on the chin, and “the grim determination that Germany should pay dearly for such destruction“. M/S of a radio-gramophone set in a living room; man’s legs seen beside it. Shots of RAF bombers taking off and in flight as Quentin talks of more than 1,000 planes being sent over Cologne and the Ruhr. Brief shots of Germans listening to Adolf Hitler making a speech. Various shots of the Krupps factories at Essen. M/V of workers in Krupps gathered together giving German salute. Montage of news cuttings announcing American aid in the fight against the Nazis. Brief sequence showi