{"id":4252,"date":"2025-02-12T10:58:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T10:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samanthajohnson.co.uk\/?p=4252"},"modified":"2025-02-12T10:58:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T10:58:51","slug":"rare-london-world-war-2-film-footage-video-recoloured-and-repaired-amazing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samanthajohnson.co.uk\/?p=4252","title":{"rendered":"Rare London World War 2 Film Footage Video recoloured and repaired! Amazing!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am always amazed at WW2 and the resilience of the UK in the face of adversity!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My Grandparents were there, as was my young mother running home in the Blitz!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only visualised today in their stories they told me as a child. So when I get the opportunity to see it for real (not through the eyes of a modern filmmaker like the new 2024 movie Blitz) it is a real treat!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Extremely rare, spectacular film about London during WW-II in color [A.I. enhanced &amp; colorized]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QLbPYQcUcgM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have fun and happy days!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Surfwidow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am always amazed at WW2 and the resilience of the UK in the face of adversity! 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