Experience the London Blitz in 360 VR
2016 ж. 17 Шіл.
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A highly audible experience.. it's worth putting your headphones on and settling in to the suspension of disbelief for a few minutes as you experience a 1940's London Blitz during World War 2. Get a feel for what it was like to be sheltered in a London tube station from the bombing above ...Don't forget to turn the volume up and huddle under your blanket..
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the first bomb to hit the ceiling made me feel like I was going to have a heart atrack
butterysausage69 imagine how they felt at the time
Same
I was scared
As soon as the sirens blew I thought it was actually happening all over again
Couldn't see
Jesus Christ. That was terrifying. I'm not watching it in full VR, just on my laptop. I'd made the mistake of turning it up full volume with my headphones in, and I'm using a volume enhancer that wasn't even up that high, and about a second after I did, the bomb hit and I literally just flinched and panicked for a second. Can't imagine what it'd be like being there.
30secondstomarsMBH omg same and I watched it at peak volume at night time when everyone was sleeping!
Using a gaming headset on my phone with almost full volume. I fucking shot myself. Must have been 1000x louder in real life
Same my feelings were hurt
I wouldn’t know personally, but my great-grandmother lived through this. She rarely went to the shelters though and instead actually used hand-cranked sirens occasionally. She actually used to have some of the sirens back in the 70’s, but I don’t know what happened to them.
Imagine yourself the real moment, is even worse.
I can’t even imagine this. Watching things like this reminds us that sometimes our own problems are really very minor and insignificant.
That's right, practically, Europe and Japan were the Syria/Afghanistan of the 40s.
These must of been tough times for the British.
Oswald McDave we know we know.....*BOOM*
Oswald McDave who the fuck cares
Hans Zandt Your very disrespectful
Nah
+Hans Zandt Nice picture of Paul McCartney but don't be disrespectful
There is one thing missing from almost all the blitz sounds. The sound of the bombers, which was a continuous throbbing, which carried on throughout the raid.
Thanks John it is there, the hum is more noticeable at the beginning. Though I wonder if we should have made that sound louder and more apparent?
Yes the throbbing engine noise was very apparent particularly when the guns were silent. The other thing I remember is the way the bombs sounded. They were dropped in "sticks" you could hear them quite faintly and then louder and louder as the plane passed overhead. (fingers crossed)
Wait, you REMEMBER the BLITZ? I have no words. Literally none can convey the immense sorrow I feel for you having to go through that.
No need for sorrow, but thanks all the same. We had no fear, and as kids, we thought it was a big adventure. Maps that we used to stick little flags on. Aircraft recognition books that gave us pictures and dimensions of all the aircraft (ours and theirs) We used to watch the battle of Britain, before the blitz began, from Parliament Hill in north London.
John Barton: Did you also hide in the tubestation?
my great grandparents lived through this and saw literal streets being completely obliterated. so hard to imagine how terrifying it must have been.
mia It was a dreadful time my neighbour was a little girl in the war and had to evacuate to the shelter if u look today u can still see the air raid siren in our town but not many ppl notice it I think the shelters have been sealed off now but just to imagine this happening right on my doorstep
It must be very hard
My grandmother lived through this too. She was born in France, but left shortly before it was invaded. During the Blitz, she said she would rarely go to the shelters and instead either go out into the streets to help others or use a hand-cranked siren.
How r the people still sleeping
Lego Mieggo Human beings sleep, we need it!
theyre mannequins
fucking bullshit
Lego Mieggo good point
Lego Mieggo idk
How does one sleep through a bombing raid?
Canada RCMP Close your eyes!
Canada RCMP Get earmuffs, get blankets, go to your shelter or the subway, and sweet dreams.
they probably got used to it when further raids occur
If you're tired enough you do.
Although most early raids lasted 8--10 hours, If you had already worked a full day before the raid, exhaustion would take over. It must have been terrifying for babies and little kids. This is an example of being way below ground. Most people were in their gardens, in Anderson shelter's ,with only a thin corrugated steel roof over you head, plus 14'' of soil. Watch the excellent film, ''Hope and Glory'' for a realistic experience . There are further recordings in the London Museum, with realistic Air raid shelter's and sounds of the Blitz.
Damn, hearing all those sirens wing up one after another in all clear is chilling
As a kid, the posters we used to see around town,Pictures of the Nazi Swastika which depicted a 'Squander Bug', a Fat ugly creature covered in the Swastika symbols which related to NOT wasting (squandering anything) used to scare the pants of we kids, especially when our mothers would say,if you waste/spoil/don't eat whatever, I'll give you to the Squander Bug, I'm sure lots of people of my age will recall those pictures Terry Offord. '
You can hear the bombs dropping.
I like that it is holborn tubestation that they use here. With over 40 HE bombs per 100 acres, Holborn was one of the hardest hit places during the London blitz, together with the City and Westminster.
I felt like a nazi was going to pop up in my face
Spaghetti cat same
🅱️OO NIGA
Yes!
Nazi jumpscare
lol “WHNSHJAKAIJMWSAK!!!!!”
Truly terrifying, may we never forget the struggles of the people who experienced this in real life.
We did long ago. Bombing poor brown people in far away lands creates just as much terror in the hearts of mothers I assure you.
@@Nine-Signs Amen to that. Thank you for acknowledging this--people forget it much too easily. Much of my personal fascination with the 1940s comes from having spent a lot of time around refugees from more recent conflicts. The foundational myth of modern Western culture is that of our own invulnerability and the idea that unpleasant things can only happen to brown people far away who aren't anything like us. It is humbling to remember that this is not true.
@@sophiaschier-hanson4163 I am from Coventry, it's in my blood to never forget. I just wish inbetween when I wrote that and now, that I could say how happy I was that the world had changed. But I am happy what I said prompted such a good reply. Have a good weekend.
@@Nine-Signs Thanks! I AM having a good weekend. I'm Greek Orthodox and it's actually Easter weekend for me, so I'm spending today cooking a big Easter dinner and enjoying the seasonal chocolates I bought at a deep discount. Your comment made my day yesterday. It's so rare to see politeness and thoughtfulness on KZhead. .^_^.
While watching this in vr, I almost died from the bomb jumpscare. Hats off to the people who lived through this.
I would never sleep a wink if I was in the underground, hearing bombs Dropping during World War two.
My grandma has memories of when bombers mistakenly bombed Ireland. She lives in Dublin and remembers the bombs exploding in what she described as ‘banging noises’ and she remembers the throbbing/buzzing noises of the planes. She was just 1 year old at the time. Her parents would tell her stories while the bombs fell and closed her ears. The bombs is what woke her up at night. However because she was so small she doesn’t remember being scared.
you could make this into a horror game
I kept the view on the people sleeping. I thought they would awake.
When all of the alarms went off at near 3:00 my heart sank and I was terrified out of my life this is my face when I heard it. 😓😕😶😮
The darkest time of history..... Oh how rough it would have been for them! Imagine being a little child running outside, parents lost, no one to save you
How is a few Anglos dying the DARKEST time of history?
The first bomb woke up my dog. He came across the room to sleep by my side. What a good boy.
I did this with my samsung VR headset with my galaxy s7 at 2am with the volume up to 70%... Damn, scared the shit outta me when the first bomb hit that made the lights go out lol
Someone could make this into an atmospheric horror game were you are lost in the London train tunnels while a bombing raid is going on. for instance: you're the only one on a train platform when the bombs drop and seal you in with rubble, now you have to find a way out while the thumping of bombs exploding topside.
I will never forget this experience man!
My late parents went to the underground in the war. Must have been terrifying and also very cold
By September 1940-two months into the battle-faulty German intelligence suggested that the Royal Air Force (RAF) was close to defeat at the hands of the Luftwaffe. The German air fleets (Luftflotten) were ordered to attack London, thereby drawing up the last remnants of RAF Fighter Command into a battle of annihilation. British fighter production rose from 256 in April to 467 in September 1940-more than enough to cover the losses of BOB-and Fighter Command emerged triumphantly from the Battle of Britain in October 1940 with MORE aircraft than it had possessed at the beginning !!
Germany couldn't invade Britain due to endless reasons.
Ye
The RAF would have fought to the very last aircraft and man, pilots to ground crews, I know, I lived thru it as a kid and a number of my uncles were serving in the RAF and Uncles in the Welshsl Guards. believe me Terry Offord
Some of the spitfires were made in Canada, and they had women pilots to deliver them to certain airfield all over Britain, they were unarmed, no ammo, brave ladies.
The sound of maybe babies crying and general human noises of fear would've made this even more horrofying and realistic, great work tho and all my love and respect to those who were /are affected by this.
I think they were sent away from the cities to avoid bombings. (Kids and babies)
Ngl this is the best video to feel the Blitz that I've seen. Watching videos with footage, explaination, etc, is all good but this video of just sitting in the Underground with people keeping calm and carrying on (though that poster was rarely used) is probably the best way of actually getting a feeling of the Blitz. Sitting in a pre-made accidental bomb shelter, listening to the German bombers overhead, the flak and sirens as well as the occasional night fighter while just hoping they didn't score a direct hit on the station. The fact that it's VR /interactive makes it so much better, with the sounds and flickering lights as bombs disrupt the power lines.
Hard to imagine living in these times. God bless everyone that died ❤. My grandad was an evacuee during WW2 so I keep wondering if he ever had to hear these awful sounds.
Both of my parents....as children, were bombed out of their respective homes in Birmingham. They got to recognise the type of bombers flying overhead by the sound of their engines.
That would be correct,, Some Nazi Bombers had BMW engines and were not synchronised so that their hideous sound was a heavy 'out of sync' drone raising and falling simultaneously, A sound I could never forget. Terry Offord
@@terryofford4977 My grandad said the same thing, Ju-88's were the rough sounding ones and the Heinkels were the droning bee swarm sounding aircraft.
When the war alarm went off it scared the shit out of me and thought It was in real life
i have to write a descriptive piece about what it would have been like for my english class and this video really helped me,ty
Best with headphones on.
Wow, that would have been really scary back then, no wonder they sang whilst the blitz was going on
You should do one on the Titanic.
That would be a really long video. Plus, there are multiple perspectives: low class, women and children, men, crew, etc.
Mate, I only need ask my old dad....he lived through it.
I thought there was going to be a giant bomb crashing in
The Germans were told not to bomb civilian targets but a group of bombers on there way to bomb a factory had mistaken Liverpool for said factory and bombed it so Churchill ordered a bombing strike against Berlin and Hitler changed the order and told bombers to hit London repeatedly
Redeye Gaming which saved Britain
Annexed ツ didn't
"When you ride alone, you ride with Hitler" OUCH, THAT IS DEEP
Iv seen that before I watched dis
0:17: in the mood 1:14: IN THE SHIT
Wow…. That was the most scariest thing I’ve ever seen. Even the sound of those sirens were scary.
Dude this is so dope
Get headphones Make it full volume lay back Close your eyes tight And set ur phone in ur pocket You just felt what the sleeping people felt
I tried this with wired headphones and a laptop but it didn't work like I thought. Ironically, I found you needed to sit up for the directionality of the audio to make sense (in other words, to feel like sounds "above you" were actually above you). Time to try again with my wireless headphones with volume all the way up! I might modify your advice just a bit-- feeling your smartphone in your pocket seems like a great way to break immersion. Put it next to you instead. Thanks for the tip!
I did it with headphones but not full volume. Terrifying enough without it!
I tried this with a headset and vr… I think I’m shell shock
R.I.P Holborn station
When the screen was shaking omg It felt like an earthquake
Bruh Holborn station be looking the same till this day
wow that was lifelike!
This is great, I am going to use this in my summer school history class this week.
felt like a poor british ciziten having to endure the blitz nice actually felt nervous (forgot to put in)
For about 90 nights London became an Underground city.
First time I have ever experienced a 360 deg video where you can turn from side to side in the video. Very interesting, very unnerving when the lights went out at the end.
i didnt know this was possible this is so cool
How in the world are the people still sleeping when theres a loud bomb that hit the subways
That was amazing.
And to think my grandma had to go through this. I was give her a big big hug next time I see her.
Poor British. I almost shit my pants
Just to imagine I am 10 mins away from a city which faced this situation and had no safety of the underground.
The music and the blankets are more scary than the bombs.
Speak for yourself, mate. I'll just be over here feeling a bit silly for having not only jumped about a foot in the air several times but also instinctually closed my eyes and tried to shield my face with my hands...in case the imaginary ceiling in a cheap-looking KZhead video was about to fall in on me. And all this in spite of knowing I was somewhere "safe" AND knowing I was somewhere SAFE.
Opening this video "hello citizens of london im from 2020"
It feels like a horror movie.
I went to Stockport air raid shelters and we counted to 15 in the darkness (blackout) and the shelter could fit 40k people! We also tried on gas masks.
This is outstanding
Holborn underground station changed a lot!btw it was creepy!
This is a really good experience
The Blitz is a reminder of how tragically innocent civilians from all walks of life can be targeted in violence on a mass scale which is something that unfortunately continues to this day in the form of terrorism and other acts.
I used my credit headset. Amazing.
This was wild. I can only imagine what they actually went through.
nice vid
I watched this at school and it was so funny cuz everyone just started screaming and laying on each other when the lights went out 💀 Edit: there was also that one kid who just doesn’t get scared and he was rlly entertained
Must be pretty unsettling being in the dark subway tunnels at 3 AM hearing those bombs and sirens going on.
My grandma survived the blitz. She died in 2007, 2 years before I was born
This is amazing
Damn, that was scary!
NGL this scared me. During World War Two my Great Grandad was disposing (somehow) of bombs. Also this felt like something outta FNAF.
Just knowing that my Great Nan would have had to experience that was terrifying
this scared me a ton, but since the title is blitz, in the back of my mind i was just like: *gettin bored of walls 2, i should find a new minigame...*
I'm guessing the sirens either could be a Carter, Castle Castings, Klaxon/Secomak GP12, Klaxon/Secomak GP8 or Gents
You wouldn't hear that much in an underground station. Nearby explosions maybe. Gunfire unlikely and engines absolutely not. You probably wouldn't even hear engines at ground level, the planes were thousands of feet up. A maximum effort bomber command raid, 800+ Lancasters and halifaxes, would be completely silent to those on the ground.
That was amazing
For a second i was sitting here and I actually thought i heard the sirens go off outside my window
I’m still wondering what’s the song playing at the beginning
This is sick
That's amazing.
Who else has there volume down and is scrolling through the comments
My town played a part in ww2 we had a military factory and a bomb testing ground and any ammunition we didn’t use we shipped it to France but we got bomb in the blitz
just casually playing George Gershwin songs in the background while being _Bombed_
It's so kids can't heard the noise. At least at the start.
AHHH I HAVE NO FEET
@@loudsponge Mostly no brain
I am not a human although......................I am?🤔
I just can’t imagine how horrible this must‘ve been - when you went sleeping you already knew that you had to run for your life in the middle of the night ...
This is great. I loved it. Just some notes. Holborn starion is a very deep tube. You would not have heard sirens or plane engines. Bombs woukd be muffled considerably. Tube shelteres must not lie within 6ft of the platform edge. If I had your skills, I would have picked Earls court or another shallower station. Sirens sound for one minute. Hope this is useful factual info.
Did anyone else notice a Dig for Victory poster?
I was wearing headphones and for a moment I thought it was really the sirens
How can u move the screen?
There a longer version ?
that jazz music before everything starts tho
Multiply this by several hours then multiply by 59 consecutive nights. Then add many, many more nights. A few years later there's the V1s and the V2s. Churchill had ordered that the underground railway stations be kept locked at night. He thought sheltering in these stations would look like cowardice which could be catching! Londoners ignored him and broke into the stations and saved their lives. My mother was in Liverpool and she was bombed out of her house twice. She was tired of starving, so she joined the WAAFs, was sent to Yorkshire where her aerodrome was again bombed by the Luftwaffe. Her elder sister was made homeless and spent days pushing a pram with two boys in looking for accommodation in Liverpool, but because she had children she wasn't welcome. On top of that, you could emerge from sheltering only to find your house bombed and possibly looted. Took years for my dad to persuade my mum to drive through Germany (to Switzerland for a holiday). He spoke fluent German was blonde and blue eyed. They thought he was German. He had been in RAF Bomber Command. Funny old world, as he used to say.
This scared the living shit out of me. I can imagine how much of a nightmare it was back then lol
Fantastic
I,m in The Blitz 🔥🔥🔥
This is cool with VR
How.. omy gosh I hope this world never again will witness the terrifying thing we call bombs😔
Are you on another planet? We've been bombing the shit out of poor brown people for decades.
how can I run ? I can move my head but how can I run ?