Censorship in the Blitz

Censorship in the Blitz
Picture 1
Smoke and flames, from an air raid fire, surrounding St Paul's 29 December 1940
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Source 1
Front page of the Daily Mail 31 December 1940
‘War’s greatest picture: St Paul’s stands unharmed in the midst of the burning city’
‘This picture is one that all Britain will cherish – for it symbolises the steadiness of London’s stand against
the enemy: the firmness of Right against Wrong.’
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1342305/The-Blitzs-iconic-image-On-70th-anniversary-TheMail-tells-story-picture-St-Pauls.html
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Picture 2
A milkman delivering milk in a London street devastated during a German bombing raid. Firemen are dampening down the ruins behind him.
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Picture 3
A police officer and a soldier inspecting the aftermath of a German air raid, Portman Street, London, 19 September 1940
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Picture 4
A double decker bus, advertising Swan Vesta matches, in a bomb crater in Balham, London.
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Picture 5
Second World War air raid shelter, London Underground.
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Picture 6
Workers clearing the debris after a German air raid on a railway station, 9 September 1940.
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Picture 7
Damage caused to London's buildings and houses from a German air raid, 9 September 1940.
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Picture 8
Two people carrying their belongings after bomb damage to their homes in the East End of London.
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Picture 9
Fire engulfs a building in London during a German air raid, 1 December 1940.
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Picture 10
Queen Elizabeth and King George VI inspect the bomb damage at Buckingham Palace after an air raid, 10 September 1940.
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Picture 11
The ruins of Earl Street in Coventry, November 1940.
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Picture 12
Bomb damage in Coventry, 16 November 1940.
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Picture 13
Firemen extinguishing fires in bombed out buildings in London.
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Picture 14
A man is rescued from the ruins of Farringdon Market, London
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Picture 15
Firemen tackle a fire amidst the rubble surrounding St Paul's Cathedral.
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