Title

St Paul's Cathedral, London, during the Blitz, World War II, 29 December 1940. Artist: Unknown

Caption

St Paul's Cathedral, London, during the Blitz, World War II, 29 December 1940. This iconic photograph shows the dome of Sir Christopher Wren's cathedral intact as the city around it burns from German incendiary bombs. The raid of 29 December was one of the heaviest on London, causing a firestorm in the City that has been described as the Second Great Fire of London.

Date

1943

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Keystone Archives

Reference

HRM19D84_147

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

24,6Mb (880,0Kb) / 11,3in x 8,5in / 3377 x 2550 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior city building buildings England destruction religious architecture country religion smoke burning fire British cathedral English church devastation dome Christian Christianity war location st pauls cathedral century city of london Britain wartime concept outside B&W 1940s bomb MONOCHROME warfare resistance iconic Forties bombed intact World War II World War two WWII bombing St Paul's Cathedral black & white black and white B W world war 2 20th century air raid Blitz St. Paul's Cathedral aerial warfare bomb damage decade Home Front incendiary bomb Second World War TGN WW2 photograph undamaged Keystone Archives 2nd World War Unknown firestorm photograph