BOMBING OF LONDON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 November 1940, Page 9

BOMBING OF LONDON

AN INTERESTING FILM. Keen interest has been aroused by the announcement in London that the British Ministry of Information intends to distribute 1000 copies of "London Can Take It” throughout Britain and Ameriqa. This appropriately named picture is one of the most inspiring documentary films ever produced, and shows in a graphic way how London meets the brutal tactics of Hitler's airmen. The opening of the film discloses the preparations that are taken for the nightly air-raid vigil. The arrival of the raiders, followed by searchlights

sweeping the sky ana the subsequent anti-aircraft barrage and the explosion of bombs, is vividly portrayed. The impressive commentary by Quentin Reynolds, the war correspondent of Collier's Weekly, emphasises that “there is nothing but determination, confidence, and high courage among the people of, Churchill's island.”

Reynolds includes the following in the commentary:—“Brokers, clerks, merchants, and pedlars of the daytime become the heroes of the nighttime as firemen, air wardens, and ambulance drivers.” He adds that the sign of a great ring-fighter is:—Can he rise after being knocked down? “London does this every day,” he adds. “The British people's morale is higher than ever. They know that thousands will die; but they would rather stand up and face death than kneel and face the existence .imposed by a conqueror.” “Bombs,” he concludes, “cannot kill an unconquerable spirit.”