LONDON 1944 WORLD WAR 2 WW2, BIG BEN, PARLIAMENT

[lizzielily1]

I enjoyed this video so much, reminded me of the London I loved, so different then.

[TOPCAMERMAN]

Hi yes it was a bomb pleased you have enjoyed the film clip you can find over 200 WW2 clips on my channel.

Kind Regards John

[runuptome]

Just after the Downing St shot was that smoke over the rooftops that he was filming? As it was 1944 it could have been smoke following a V1 bomb?

[TOPCAMERMAN]

Thank you for your comments. It is heart warming to know that it brings back memories! Hope you enjoy the rest of my cannel.

Kind Regards John

[TheNova1960]

Recently, I found your channel and want to say thank you! My father who is British will be 91 years old on 11/26/2011 he lost everything during WWII, and to show him your vids of London puts a smile on his face! My mother who was from Wales was a WWII surgical nurse who would have really enjoyed these moments captured in time! Cheers and thanks again!

[RollaArtis]

Bring back Bile Beans! (Whatever they were)

[daviddunninguk]

This is an amazing bit of footage > It's funny really but as i was growing up i always noticed a big difference in the way my grandparents generation talked about the war and the way the parents did . The difference was the grandparents were adults in the 1940s and the parents were kids. In 2011 if you really want to know what it was like then.. talk to 90 year old not a 70 year old . An read Mass Observation too .. ordinary comtempory accounts shattering the myths

[daviddunninguk]

This is an amazing bit of footage > It's funny really but as i was growing up i always noticed a big difference in the way my grandparents generation talked about the war and the way the parents did . The difference was the grandparents were adults in the 1940s and the parents were kids. In 2011 if you really want to know what it was like then.. talk to 90 year old not a 70 year old . An read Mass Observation too .. ordinary comtempory accounts shattering the myths that life was better

[Strawberry7Lynn]

I would have liked to have seen the Flying Fortress at the beginning of this clip, instead of the four words in big, red, massive letters.

[TOPCAMERMAN]

Hi thanks for your comment and yes you can just click on the link or just visit the rest of my channel.

Kind Regards John.

[CHRIS90ANDES]

cops everywhere! :D

[Sohndesnacht]

I wish any european city wouldn't have never been bombed, they were all beautiful.

[HaBenOni]

@henrycaville Typical comment from a liberal knobhead who supports human degradation...homophobic? so what? Is homosexuality normal? that's a mental sickness my friend.

[kingofkeyboards]

Out of all the people who lost their lives during the war there's only one person who's seen it all, lived through it all and still lives on today, his name is Big Ben.

[bondsee]

GOOD OLD ENGLAND LONG BEFORE SHE WAS OVER RUN WITH IMMIGRANTS

[PsalmHymn]

Dear TOP, your panning is too fast, go back and do it again, more slowerly !

Cheers.

from,

del-boy

[amarsbarr]

wow in colour!!!

[BoDiggety]

i love how at 1:32 there's a billboard that says "guiness is good for you"

brilliant timing since i'm hung over from yesterday

[jayhelldee]

You notice the decline in respect from the youth today since it became illegal for a school teacher to give you a slap if you were out of line. Or since a police office was unable to give you a good kicking for breaking the law.

[scottnoodle]

Whatever Grandad, even in the 60s and 70s you had mods and rockers smashing the place up and they all god slapped at school.

[northweezie1]

Lmfao! ''Whatever Grandad'' Hahhaa! Classic loool

[BABYLIANNA123]

it needs music

[Englandpleasent]

You would put music, but, it's great!

[TOPCAMERMAN]

Thank you, the video has sound but for some reason in did not happen with this clip ,go see more from TOPCAMERMAN they do have sound HAPPY CHRISTMAS enjoy all J

[Englandpleasent]

Thank You very much, and a Happy new year!

[Homeski]

"Guiness is good for you" lol gotta love advertising back then :P

[warbirdsmagazine]

And Guinness is not good for you? I know its good for me :P

[BNCA70]

Ahhhh! Good old London, England. Back in the days before the rot set in. When bobbies could still clip you round the ear, when parents didn't go into schools to attack teachers who'd disciplined their children. When people didn't spit on the pavement and when pedestrians used litter bins.

[crownhill]

when winters were colder and summers longer

and people had pride!

[ProudToBeBritish1995]

@BNCA70 ahh yes, I'm 15 but im not one of these hoodys who does around nicking sweets from the corner shop. I'm a good lad, becasue I know if i step out of line my parents aren't afraid to give me a slap :o It helps being home educated too though.

[ladybab]

@BNCA70 Great comment well said if we only could have them days back again

[DavidTL]

That was truly spectacular. To see life over 65 years ago in such a close and personal way was amazing. Thanks a lot.

[micrasgata]

I totally agree with jasoncward - since I'm way too young to have experienced it and since there are not that many films and pictures in colour I like this one very much! It really shows the style of the 1950s - and it's so nice to see how the places you've already been to looked like more than 50 years ago...

Thanks!

[jasoncward]

A great look at wartime London - and in color! Many of us who didn't live through it too often think of the time in black and white since most of the pictures lacked color. This is really an intersting bit of film and I hope you can post more if you have it. Thanks!