Christmas in World War Two
Videos and other content relating to Christmases from 1939 - 1945 during World War Two.
Christmas in the local air-raid shelter—Christmas Under Fire
Eyewitness Joanna Roberts describes Christmas 1940 spent sheltering from the bombs.
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Ed Murrow's Christmas report 1940—After the Battle, London - Ed Murrow Reports
American journalist Ed Murrow reports on Christmas in 1940.
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The Second Great Fire of London—Christmas Under Fire
Alan Bennett describes the devastating bombing raid on London on 29 December 1940.
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Jonathan Dimbleby describes the 1940 bombing campaigns—Timewatch, 1993-1994, Battle of the Bombers
Jonathan Dimbleby describes the 1940 bombing campaigns.
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Britain's Preparations for Christmas 1940—Christmas Under Fire
An American news report of Christmas in Britain in 1940 read by the American journalist Quentin Reynolds.
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The propaganda potential of the Coventry Blitz—Christmas Under Fire
Alan Bennett describes the Christmas service from the blitzed Coventry Cathedral.
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Fighting the Second Great Fire of London—1940
Firemen who fought the Second Great Fire of London recall fighting the fires until New Year 1941, in a film by J.B. Priestley.
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The daylight Blitz begins—War Walks, Series 2, Blitz
Britain bombs Berlin, then Germany retaliates.
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The resilience of Churchill and the British people—Finest Hour, Episode 4
The resilience of Churchill and the British people
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How St. Paul's Cathedral was saved from the Blitz—War Walks, Series 2, Blitz
Richard Holmes describes how St. Paul's Cathedral was saved from the bombing that was destroying the City of London.
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Michael Foot's Christmas 1940 newspaper report—Christmas Under Fire
Alan Bennett recounts future MP Michael Foot's view of Christmas 1940.
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A young evacuee's unhappy Christmas, narrated by Alan Bennett—Christmas Under Fire
Christmas Eve 1939 was an unhappy occasion for evacuee Hilda Hollingsworth. Alan Bennett narrates.
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An evacuee's magical Christmas in 1939—Christmas Under Fire
Edward Gill, an evacuee from Manchester, fondly remembers Christmas 1939. Alan Bennett narrates.
