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1941 UK: COMMONS AND ABBEY DAMAGED IN BLITZ Mr Lloyd George, Father of the House, surveys gutted
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3:59Now PlayingDate: 15th May 1941
Location: QUEEN'S HALL, LONDON, ENGLAND OLD BAILEY, ENGLAND WESTMINSTER, LONDON, ENGLAND MAYFAIR LONDON, ENGLAND. WESTMINSTER, LONDON, ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
Westminster, London, England
GV Westminster Abbey seen from garden of Deanery. GV Interior: Damage in Abbey. Angle shot of hole in roof pan down to pile of wreckage. SV Men loading wreckage on to cart. Angle view of damaged roof of Westminster Hall. GV Pan down interior Westminstre Hall. SV Reflection of window in water pan up to window. GV Interior of Hall.
ORIG. NEG & BLUE FROM ORIG. NEG.
CENSORED SCENES.
GV Little cloisters and Abbey. LV Cloisters.
SCU Int. Damage to Deanery, men clearing up.
SCU Pan rubble in Deanery, men clearing up.
LV Int. Deanery showing rubble on floor.
GOOD SCENES.
GV Int. showing damaged interior of Abbey and rubble near pulpit. LV Rubble and men clearing up. LV Damage with choir stalls in b-g.
QUEEN'S HALL, LONDON, ENGLAND: GOOD SCENES. TV Queen's Hall from roof of Langham Palace, men working on roof? CU Pan of wrecked roof pan to another wrecked roof across the road.
England: German Bombing Damages the Houses of Parliament Westminster Abbey. The Old Bailey.. etc. Old Bailey, England GOOD SCENES.
GV Pan damaged side of Old Bailey to masonry in road with people looking at it. SCU Masonry and rubble at Old Bailey pan to damaged side of building. SV On street sign 'Old Bailey' and showing damaged building. CU Rubble in Old Bailey. GV Damaged Old Bailey, horse and cart in front pan up to dome.
Westminster, London, England: GV Big Ben pan to hole in roof of House of Commons. STV Looking down into wrecked Commons. SV Through arch of galleries pan to wreckage on floor. LV Still shot of Commons as it was. SV Pan round of wrecked Commons to debris on floor. CU Lloyd George. SV Lloyd George looking up at Big Ben. CU Hole in Big Ben. GV Westminster Abbey seen from garden of Deanery. GV Interior: Damage in Abbey. Angle shot of hole in roof pan down to pile of wreckage. SV Men loading wreckage on to cart. Angle view of damaged roof of Westminster Hall. GV Pan down interior Westminster Hall. SV Reflection of window in water pan up to window. GV Interior of Hall.
ORIG. NEG & BLUE FROM ORIG. NEG.
CENSORED SCENES.
GV Little cloisters and Abbey. LV Cloisters. SCU Int. Damage to Deanery, men clearing up. SCU Pan rubble in Deanery, men clearing up. LV Int. Deanery showing rubble on floor. LV Pan down from roof in Common showing fore courts. SV Int. Showing alcove to lobby of House of Commons. LV Alcove. CU Wreckage with date '10 May. Saturday' on calendar. GV Yard at back of Commons. GV Pan round House of Commons, showing damage pan down to masonry on ground.
GOOD SCENES.
CU Lloyd George looking at ruins. GV Int. showing damaged interior of Abbey and rubble near pulpit. LV Rubbie and men clearing up. LV Damage with choir stalls in b-g. GV Pan damaged side of Old Bailey to masonry in road with people looking at it. SCU Masonry and rubble at Old Bailey pan to damaged side of building. SV (On street sign post: 'Old Bailey' and showing damaged building. CU Rubble in Old Bailey. GV Damaged Old Bailey, horse and cart in front pan up to dome. LV Wrecked cart in Mayfair, people in road. TV 3 wrecked cars in road and rubble, people walking in ruins. SCU Pan wrecked car, 2 men standing by it. CU wrecked car. SV Wrecked car. CU Wrecked door and seat pan to engine of wrecked car. CU Man takes piece of masonry off wrecked car. TV Queen Hall from roof of Langham Palace, men working on roof? CU Pan of wrecked roof pan to another wrecked roof across the road. SV Looking through wrecked revolving door in Langham Hotel. SV Int. Men clearing rubble. SCU Showing wreckage outside from inside through window. CU Sign 'Vanity Fair' CU Splintered window ? SV Pan piece of masonry falling from roof of building. SV D
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