Secret MI5 files have been released that reveal an unusual liaison between a British teenager and a Gestapo officer in Paris in the 1940s.

The German Luftwaffe commenced bombing runs against the British capital on Sept. 7, 1941. During the London Blitz, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Harris witnessed the destruction. Soon he would be orchestrating similar attacks by the RAF on Germany, urged on by Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

Rare color film footage of the bomb damage inflicted on London during World War II has surfaced on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Blitz. The film was found in the attic by the family of an air raid warden who shot it on home movie equipment in use in the 1940s. The dramatic pictures shows the destruction of several London landmarks, incl