1941 UK: LONDON BLITZ SHOWS RAF HURT BERLIN Paramount again brings amazing pictures secured

Date: 21st April 1941

Location: WIBLEDON, ENGLAND LONDON, ENGLAND KENSINGTON, ENGLAND

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

England

A Heavy German Blitz on London. London, England Night shots. GV pan of fire blazing. SV blaze. Shot of 13 (?) flares coming down. SV 3 firemen playing hose. SV blaze. LV firemen on escape with hose, smoke behind. SV firemen on escape with hose pan to blaze. Shot of 15 flares coming down pan to 6 more flares. LV burning building pan to GV burning building. Shot through trees of burning building. Pan shot: Various sections of building ablaze. FSV building burning. Day shots. SV building burning pan to blazing window in basement. Track shot towards of blazing window. TV shot looking down into gutted building burning. GV showing smoke over London. SV smoke past chimneys. TS building and flames out of windows. CU of flames out of window. TV showing various buildings ablaze. STV showing various buildings ablaze. Shot looking down into gutted building, pan up to other buildings. Long shot of firemen and smoking building. Shot through doorway of building of debris falling. TV pan showing strewn wreckage of Nazi plane over buildings. SV smoke and ruins of building, ARP men in foreground. LV Pan of ruins of building. SV twisted girder. SV gas mains burning. SV gas main burning pan to debris. SV old boy brushing trousers pan to wreckage. CU old boy smiling. GV wrecked building, child in front of building. SV Cat among ruins. LV firemen having tea. CU fireman eating. CU firemen drinking slip pan. Pan mass of hoses to fire pumps, people past. LV firemen in water playing hoses. SV firemen in water playing hoses. Pan debris down street showing people and traffic.

Wimbledon, England: [QUERY] TV showing wreckage of another bomber in field. CU wreckage pan to hole in ground. LV wreckage.

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CENSORED SCENES.

GV Large London buildings - some damaged - firemen with hose in background. SV ARP men digging amongst debris pan to large damaged building, and smoke. GV damaged building and mass of debris - firemen and ARP men trying to get fire under control. GV Pan down from a not very badly damaged building to smoking wreckage. SCU blitzed buildings - debris all around - smouldering fire. SV damaged building smoke pouring out from same - pan to CU clouds of smoke and debris on ground. GV damaged buildings - firemen playing hose onto building people wandering about amongst debris, pan to ARP men having refreshments at mobile canteen. SV wrecked building - debris all around - man and woman stepping over debris.

ORIG. NEG.

GOOD SCENES.

GV burning building - debris all around - 3 firemen playing hose on building, more damaged buildings along street. SCU Pan 3 firemen playing hose on building - damaged building and debris in background. GV street with damaged buildings, debris in the road and on pavement - fireman's ladder at end of street. Long shot (angle) fireman at top of ladder playing hose on to the roof of building - pan down water streaming off the roof of same building. SCUTV Pan of burning buildings. CU fierce flames. Pan down from SV of flaming building to smoke. Good CU of fiercely raging flames coming out of window of building. CU flames out of window. SV buildings - sign to the left of picture - "This residence to be let" building in background with flames shooting out of the windows. GV fireman at the top of ladder playing hose. SV blazing roof - hose playing on same. SCU 2 firemen playing hose on burning building. SV Large London buildings - fireman's ladder by one building - fireman playing hose on burning building. SCU 2 firemen in bombed street with water container pan up to hose playing into burning building. GV bombed street - firemen playing hose on to burning building. CUTV elderly gentleman standing in road pan to wrecked church. LV cat walking through debris

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