London Fire Raids: 29th-30th December 1940 (1941)

Duration: 19:49

Year Published: 1941

Sound: silent

Description: Presented by British Information Services, this 1941 government film documents the destruction caused by a German air raid on the City of London on the night of December 29, 1940. Dubbed the Blitz by the British press, the World War II bombing campaign carried out by the German Luftwaffe against the United Kingdom lasted from September 7, 1940, to May 11, 1941. The December 29 bombing was among the most destructive, its firestorm impacting a larger area than the Great Fire of London in 1666.