London Can Take It!
| London Can Take It! | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Harry Watt |
| Edited by | Stewart McAllister (uncredited) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date | November 1940 |
Running time | 9 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
London Can Take It! is a short British
narrated by US journalist and war correspondent Quentin Reynolds
.
Plot
The film opens with shots of the London streets in late afternoon, as people begin their
Listening posts
are stationed as far away as the coastline and the "white fingers" of searchlights touch the sky.
Soon the Luftwaffe bombers arrive and begin their nightly work, bombing churches, places of business and homes, the work of five centuries destroyed in five seconds. But as soon as it is morning the British people go back to work the way they usually do, demonstrating the British 'stiff upper lip' attitude. Joseph Goebbels is quoted as saying that the bombings are having a great effect on British morale. He is right, the narrator says, the British people's morale is higher than ever.
Reception
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Via an agreement with
In popular culture
The film is edited and set to music by Public Service Broadcasting as one of the songs on their War Room EP.
See also
References
- ^ a b Kevin Jackson Humphrey Jennings, 2004, London: Picador, p429.
- ^ "The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
- ^ "AllMovie: London Can Take It!". AllMovie. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
Sources
- War Stories - BBC Four documentary, 2008
External links
- London Can Take It! at IMDb
- Complete film on YouTube
- National Archives page
- The short film London Can Take It! is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
- Britmovie.co.uk page
- British Film Institute page
