A Closed Off Street in Piccadilly, 1940. Britain during the Second World War: the Blitz. 'Any night, any time, summer 1940. Fire and flame, death and morning-after in 've shut off Regent Street and Piccadilly this morning - unexploded bomb. But it's being steamed out nicely, they say. It'll soon be made harmless, but they're right to keep the streets closed'. From "Time To Remember - Standing Alone", 1940 (Reel 4); documentary film about events of later months of 1940.

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