Title:LONDON FIRE RAIDS 29TH - 30TH DECEMBER 1940 [Main Title]
Film Number:LFB 52 [mute variant]
Other titles:
Summary: A mute film compilation recording scenes in the City during the 'Second Fire of London'.
Description: The film includes material on fires (including panoramic views of the burning city from the roof of Saint Paul's as well as ground-level shots of individual blazes) and firefighting, with some film of a fireboat and scenes inside a fire service control room as well as 'normal' hose and pump footage; there is also film of the 'morning after' showing the extent (and, in Saint Paul's case, absence) of damage, with some burned out fire appliances among the ruins, and film of a fireman's funeral. Concluding images show firemen cheerfully claiming to be 'bombed but unbeaten', the statue of Justice on the Old Bailey, and the engraved motto "Defend the children of the poor and punish the wrongdoer."
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:
Object_Number:LFB 52 [mute variant]
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1941
Production Country: GB
Production Details: London Fire Brigade Film Unit (Production company)
War Office (with material by) (Production company)
British Paramount News (Production company)
Pathe Gazette (compiled by) (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: London Fire Brigade (regiment/service)
Keywords: destruction, British military - area: bomb (object name)
destruction, British: fire (object name)
society, British - precautionary: fire fighting (object name)
GB, England & London, EC <Old Bailey> (geography)
GB, England & London, EC <Saint Paul's Cathedral> (geography)
propaganda (concept)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 1197 ft; Running time: 13 mins
