Rare Color Video Found of London after Hitler Began Bombing it 70 Yrs Ago

by Chuck Ness

For those who forget the past, I offer this article and accompanying video.  This is what happens when citizens allow their government to become so powerful that it can take away everything they cherish and hold dear.  Then when they have nothing left to be taken, the government then takes what it wants from other countries.  What Hitler, Stalin, and Mao were able to accomplish is what the left desires for the Islamofascist, Obama, to accomplish.

The 70th anniversary of the start of the Nazi 'Blitz' on England Monday was commemorated near St. Paul's Cathedral, which survived the bombing campaign as much of the city around it was reduced to rubble.

The 70th anniversary of the day Nazi bombs dropped on London, starting the "blitz" that rocked English cities, was marked with veterans' memorials and a Spitfire fighter plane parked at the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral, whose towering dome survived months of aerial attacks that marked a new era in warfare.

Hitler's air campaign, designed to psychologically devastate Britain before a planned naval and land attack on the island nation, began with 364 Luftwaffe bombers at tea time on Sept. 7, 1940, and lasted until May 1941. At one point, the Luftwaffe hit London 76 nights in a row.

The blitz killed 48,000 Londoners and wounded more than 71,000, but is remembered here for a spirit of resolve and endurance that thwarted Nazi plans, and impressed a US public deeply skeptical of joining a second Europe-wide war.

"I believe that without the spirit of Londoners at this time, we would have given in," says Cyril Bridge, a Royal Air Force veteran outside St. Paul's in a jacket replete with medals. Remembering Sept. 7 1940 he said, "I had never seen the sky so full of aircraft: German bombers, fighters, Spitfires trying to take them down. I suppose I was a little afraid."

Read more about the anniversary at the Christian Science Monitor

Below is rare color film footage from the morning after Hitler's Luftwaffe began their attack on the city of London. As the article states, by the time the blitzkrieg ended, more than 43,000 people were dead and over a million homes and buildings destroyed. This video was reportedly found in an attic recently.  It's only fitting to show it around the 70th anniversary of the blitz that began on September 6, 1940.