Home Front - Blitz. Reel 5. (1940)

London Blitz. Firemen digging in rubble. Water pours from buildings. Devastated shop fronts, public carry away shop items, chairs and tables. A soldier picks up a female dummy wearing a new coat. Firemen direct hoses onto smouldering buildings in area of extreme devastation. UN247D -Various shots men standing on iron girders, iron girders being moved and fixed into place. Possibly building a bridge across bomb damaged site. C/U of a sign which reads: “City of Westminster - Danger - Unexploded Bomb“ ARP man keeps guard over a street closed due to unexploded bomb. Various shots of home guard moving rubble, women making their way to work. M/S of a closed off street with “Danger Unexploded Bomb sign. ARP man stands guard. M/S of man coming of of a damaged shop with what looks like his accounts books in his hand. Other men follow carrying metal boxes. M/S of the men walking through the rubble with their boxes. M/S of a policeman walking through rubble (legs only). Another shot of one of the men seen