Home Front - Blitz. Reel 7. (1940)

London Blitz. UN734 - Men at work on bomb damaged buildings. Man lifts up a piece of piping and bends it. MM/S of man in tin helmet picking up pieces of wood then throwing them off screen. Various shots of men dealing with debris. C/U of group of men in ARP uniforms. M/S of bomb damage in Trafalgar Square. Shot ends with a broken lamppost - church of St Martin in the Fields in the background. Panning shot of bomb crater. Shot of Nelson’s column with a pan down to show bomb damage. A group of nurses stand chatting in the street. Group of ARP men lift a large arched window with many broken panes through a doorway. Panning shot of the damaged building. A high ranking army officer inspects the damage. A group of soldiers pose by a wrecked car. Shot of a mangled metal bridge, a wrecked bandstand (?) perhaps a round skylight, more ruined buildings and wrecked cars. Man holds up a wrecked bike. Soldiers line up for cups of tea and sandwiches. Bombed out civilians with bundles leave the area. Pan across