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"Very blitzy tonight."

19th March 1941: A London diarist records living through the latest bombing raids on London - as newspapers claim 'The Big Blitz Back Again'

Mar 19, 2026
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A still from Rosie Newman’s ‘Britain at War’, a seminal 99-minute amateur film that provides a unique, personal record of the British Home Front during the Second World War. Shot primarily in vibrant Kodachrome colour, it is considered one of the “crown jewels” of the. Imperial War Museum film archive
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