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The Battle of London (1941)

The Battle of London poster
Genre
propaganda film
Country
United Kingdom

How it feels

This is a short newsreel film about the German bombing of London during World War Two. It shows how the city and its people endured the attacks over several months.

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What happens

The Battle of London is a 1941 british short newsreel film produced by H.E. Mendelson for the British War Office and Air Ministry. It was written by Tom Bret and chronicles the impact on the capital city of the winter bombing campaign from 7 September 1940 to 10 May 1941. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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