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1945 A small town removed an unexploded bomb from underground
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1:13Now PlayingDate: 20th December 1945
Location: UK
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Croydon's Bomb Removed
ENGLAND: Greater London: Croydon:
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BOMBS Bomb being removed at Croydon.4000lb
CROYDON Croydons Unexploded Bomb made Harmless, Been there since 1941. (400lb) called Hermann. Shots of Shaft. Road signs - "unexploded Bomb". People being evacuated to safe areas. Shots of Shafts. & sappers at work.
EVACUATION. People being evacuated when unexploded bomb was being made Harmless at croydon.
MILITARY BRITISH. Sappers make unexploded bomb harmless at croydon.
Signs and Sign-posts ew unexploded bomb at Croydon.
Post War- explosive, buried, mine, WWII, World War Two, World War II, Second World War
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