London Scrapbook (1942)
- Directed by
- Eugeniusz Cękalski, Derrick De Marney
- Genre
- war film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 11 min
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 2 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.
How it feels
A short wartime film shows the damage from German bombing raids on London. It also explains with humor how Londoners coped with the hardships of war for an American audience.
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What happens
London Scrapbook is a 1942 British short propaganda film directed by Derrick De Marney and Eugene Cekalski, and starring Bessie Love, Basil Radford and Leslie Mitchell. It shows the physical devastation that the Blitz caused to London, and humorously communicates the postwar struggles of Londoners to Americans. The film is preserved at the British Film Institute and was released on the compilation DVD The British Home Front at War: London Can Take It! from the Imperial War Museum. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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London Can Take It! (1940)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.