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1940 Mines washed ashore damage East Coast Promenade
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0:26Now PlayingDate: 5th February 1940
Location: Unknown location
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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HOUSES AND HOUSING SCHEMES. Seaside Boarding House when mine exploded prom: Ministry of Supply Housing Scheme for Munition
MINES & MINESWEEPERS AND MINELAYING. Mine wrecks prom: boarding houses: broken windows: 1 mine on rocks: P.C. climbs over wall.
POLICE Policeman climbs over wall to look at mine.
Munitions and Armaments; Air Raids and War Damage
policemen, sea, german mines, mine, red torch, police, strike, window, shattered, explode
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