London Can Take It! (1940)

Directed by

Harry Watt, Humphrey Jennings

Genre

documentary film, propaganda film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

9 min

Rated

14

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This short film shows London during a German bombing raid in World War II. It follows the city and its people through eighteen hours of attack, focusing on the civilian experience and their daily routines under bombardment.

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What happens

London Can Take It! is a 1940 short British propaganda film directed by Humphrey Jennings and Harry Watt and narrated by US journalist and war correspondent Quentin Reynolds. It was produced by the GPO Film Unit for the British Ministry of Information and distributed throughout the United States by Warner Bros. The film shows the effects of eighteen hours of the German blitz on London and its people. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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