London Can Take It

[@ConnorSams1994]

My grandad was born in 1930 in London and lived there during the blitz. His older brothers were off fighting in the skies and on the ground (3 died). He remembers his neighbours house a few doors down being destroyed one night and in the morning the only thing the owners were upset about was that they’re newspaper delivery was late! So they went into my grandads for breakfast and to borrow his father’s paper! Amazing people

[@bryanbufton]

As a propaganda film this must have worked, cos its bloody well working on me now, near 82 years after

[@blackflame6608]

Watching this is my homework. It's so inspiring

[@lorenzoboninsegna8560]

This is my homework for real

[@slurmpumaki7229]

@@lorenzoboninsegna8560 same lol

[@nicolelawless3199]

I’m back here to mark nearly 9 years with my beloved 1940

[@nicolelawless3199]

Thanks for an amazing 9 years 1940, I can’t believe you were with me for this long and I didn’t think you would be x

[@alicia6304]

Same

[@trnka2351]

Hard to believe my grandmother actually had to go through this! She worked as a conductor on the London buses.

[@louisemartin6820]

We still have this spirit in London and around the world, we are currently living through a pandemic covid 19 the likes of which the world has not seen in 100 years, if you are reading this in 2100, know the bravery of the worlds doctors and nurses, ambulance men and women, care workers old peoples homes, truckers, food distributors, shop workers, postmen, the neighbourhood spirit of people helping those less fortunate in communities all around the world, people like myself, yes a Londoner staying home, as I am vulnerable, by doing so I am helping the NHS and saving lives, we are the bravest of our generation today, this courage hopefully be remembered in the decades is yet to come.

[@mumflrpumble9107]

Vaccine soon, too, hopefully.

[@jayh9529]

Try watching hitlers killer nurses documentary,this is propaganda

[@genji2soew680]

@@mumflrpumble9107 Heck yeah we did it

[@mumflrpumble9107]

@@genji2soew680 quick

[@pockypurse]

Well this aged embarrassingly

[@philiphughes4021]

Londoner's did indeed take it but Londoner's were, in fact, terrified, and THAT is primarily why they should be so respected for the way they responded to their dreadful experience of The Blitz.

[@ProdM1]

Nerd! Dweeb! Jk

[@bonniebella5905]

what a way to live, and for so long! we don't know how lucky we are..

[@Lazyboy5298]

Just imagine what it must have been like for the German civilians who had to experience British bombings for 5 whole years.

[@maple7560]

Just imagine what it was like for any Jew in Germany!

[@najam9832]

@@maple7560 just imagine what its like to save 500 dollars a year on insurance with geiko

[@hibaaa490]

If you will even see this, look at us dealing with corona now ToT

[@nochance1013]

@@Lazyboy5298 they elected h!tler

[@andypandy9013]

"The Bravest Generation". How very true.

[@grimmy74uk]

And London can take it again...

[@ivanatimkova968]

Covid HA!!

[@carlmunson9160]

“There was terror-but not panic. One could panic in his heart, but two together could not show it, nor a hundred in a group. They neutralize one another, and therein lies the thing that makes the British slightly different. They have laid manifold restraints upon themselves in their mutual intercourse. The British were still afraid of one another.” ― Eric Sevareid, CBS war correspondent, Not So Wild a Dream

[@davidsimpson5021]

I am a neutral reporter. Really bless

[@luvemmaaa]

This is a very good video. I'm learning about World War II at school and this is the video we are learning from. (But ofcourse we are learning from more books and videos.) This is very amazing, and I know you need your posh, clear accent, but the voice is SO soothing. 😅 Hopefully the Jerry won't start World War III. Great Job, Quentin.

[@boiledbutter]

my great grandad was 2 years old during the blitz, I would really like to know what goes through the mind of someone that age in a situation like that

[@evil_cook]

Probably food and toys if we are talking 2 years old

[@lizzief4461]

Londoners are different people. I’m a Londoner and trust me when I say this I’m different form my family who aren’t Londoners. Londoners lived in knowledge that they could die in one night and they carried in and didn’t show fear so why can’t we stay at home to save people. It’s a much smaller price to pay for a bigger reward.we are not living in fear of a sudden death. But we still won’t stay at home to protect others

[@awrailways8203]

These were very similar scenes all over the country. I'm from Newcastle, and I've heard stories from my grandparents about the air raids. After watching this, it's made me realise that the stories I'd heard matched this film perfectly. Back then there was no social media, nothing to conspiracise over, people done as they were told. What must that generation be thinking right now, looking at the people of 2020.

[@robdyson4990]

Mum and Dad's generation. It all came down to one thing. That you DO YOUR JOB, the best you can, that a man or woman beside you will take up your task if the worst comes. Never forget who we all are

[@ronaldm8235]

I found out after my mum died that her mum and dad were killed in the blitz . No one told me?

[@davidsimpson5021]

Only 28.00 people watch this..and a funny cat gets millions !

[@MegaAlexPink]

But we can't take some traffic jams at Dover to implement the result of a referendum now. I'll say that again. We can't handle some traffic jams.

[@MegaAlexPink]

@Pybro well of course. Ur just on utube and thinking about ur own thoughts. Youll never get anythong done like that, let alone an empire the size which means the sun never sets! #rulebritannia

[@MegaAlexPink]

@Pybro i think you missed the sarcasm.

[@paulh.9526]

It's not that you can't. It's that you didn't need to. You can live without a foot, that's no reason to have it surgically removed. Whether you are getting enough back from Brexit is a debate I don't want to get into, mostly because all it changes for me is makes it harder for me to get McVitties.

[@MegaAlexPink]

@@paulh.9526 Brexit is about trade, and local democratic autonomy. The unity of europe on serious issues beyond those areas should be plain for the world to see at this time!

[@davestreit3396]

Thomas Merton's journal entry of October 27, 1940 sent me here.

[@joshuacheung1066]

guys what is the name of the statue at the end of the vid

[@xenosmoke8915]

Richard the Lionheart

[@FINDZ_]

whos here for history online lesson

[@xenosmoke8915]

School closed because of Covid? I can recommend various channels for each subject.

[@ranoosamagic9068]

I'm wondering how some people were dancing in cafe de paris while bombing 😢

[@alastairbarkley6572]

"Guarding the frontiers of freedom.." Did you not hear that? That's right - the Royal Navy will continue to shield and protect the USA in the Atlantic. That's why the integrity of Britain was so important to the world. So America didn't have to withdraw to and huddle down in the western hemisphere. Maybe you saw 'encouragement for the US to enter (the) war'. I saw Britain strong and unbowed in the face of Nazi aggression.

[@rbrooks2007]

.Quentin Reynolds, .Quentin Reynolds,.Quentin Reynolds! It's so that you who stare into your smartphones will remember for a few moments. He's the voice you can hear now. His bosses told him to go home but he told them that he wanted to stay and produced a series from the basement of a British department store.

[@charakaamayantha_ca9784]

Why Churchill lost the election Pm in may 8 1945

[@WankersCramp69]

Shame we have become a nation of whiners.

[@bethcorkabi]

Speak for yourself.

[@Swim_Jonse]

Or, you know, someone else could just back that up.

[@cpurssey982]

Spot whinning.

[@BackBruck]

Excellent writing, poking its symphony into my ears. That was not a bomb💣

[@sergpie]

Churchill wanted this. Churchill allowed this so that he may involve the Americans.

[@JohnnieAshton]

Hitler and the Nazis wanted it more, they wanted conquest, just like all Socialists. Unfortunately the People had elected a leader of ordinary people, unlike the Socialist Nazis, the people prevailed.

[@vitorpereira9515]

Ukraine can take it! 🗽🇺🇦🇧🇷🇪🇺🇺🇸

[@isabeldowthwaite1893]

this propaganda film really said "it can only kill people" as though that's okay?!

[@jessebarlow1277]

and then brexit happened

[@aquariumdude7829]

Nigel Farage for Prime Minister!!! 😊

[@khadijahrose4311]

omg

[@rajvinderbagri5398]

khadijah rose ??

[@OfficialSammYT]

Like se sei arrivato qui grazie al link in CV

[@inglese740]

Anch'io

[@tobiahwiersteiner7713]

The forgetful step-father gratifyingly mate because missile statistically peck sans a satisfying sea. rotten, humdrum weapon

[@isabeldowthwaite1893]

I don't want to offend anyone, because ofc i wasn't alive in the Blitz, but I see loads of comments claiming this is "inspirational" or "motivating"... it's literally a propaganda film, it wasn't real, it was just made to seem "inspiring". In reality, thousands of people died, drowned, burned, babies blown to pieces, crushed, young boys sent to their deaths, while in nazi germany, countless jewish men women and children slaughtered, animals murdered. It should be upsetting. The famous image of Saint Paul's was actually cropped, to remove the burning buildings underneath it. The 'public shelters' was the government's attempt to stop desperate people from sheltering in the underground tubes, and in fact had a really high fatality rate. This film is propaganda, the people couldn't ignore it. Of course it is part of history, and should never be cancelled, but shouldn't be believed word for word. WW2 was horrific. Remember that.

[@PalladiumTV]

Blame Mad Hitler and the Nazis. Did you know this film was produced to persuade our friend and ally to join the war. I voted your comment down btw. Have a nice day Isabel

[@beto226]

@@PalladiumTV i highly doubt she cares you downvoted it lmao.

[@dovic86]

@@PalladiumTV I downvoted your comment as well, have a nice day!

[@kevinpierce3458]

And the brave men who gave their lives gave you the ability and freedom to write this pathetic, cowardly post. You remember that you ungrateful maggot

[@isabeldowthwaite1893]

@@kevinpierce3458 Hello, I just wanted to say, of course I am grateful I would be ridiculous not to be grateful, it just to me is surreal that so many people forget the true horrors of the war that our own ancestors fought and died in. These films make out that the people could take it, and were willing to die for their country, when in reality it was ridiculously brutal and they didn't have much choice. Please do your research and respect people's opinions, like I respect yours. :))

[@rajvinderbagri5398]

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