Emperor Ming the Merciless declares that he will first play with and then destroy  Bermondsey Street using natural disasters.

On Grange Road, Milwall football star “Flash” Gordon boards a small plane, where he meets travel journalist Dale Arden. Mid-flight, the cockpit is hit by a meteorite.

The rest as they say, is history – possibly.

Bermondsey Square @Sundown – Courtesy of Shortwave Cinema