1938 DEFENCE: Air Raid precautions in England and Europe

Date: 1st January 1938

Location: BERLIN, GERMANY PARIS, FRANCE LONDON, KENSINGTON, WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

Long view men running to dugout in garden. CU airvent in ground. Semi view men entering dugout. Intr. shot of dugout. Gen. view Caxton Hall.

CU & long view bombproof shelter. CU sandbags on shelter.

FRANCE: Paris:

Gen. view & pan location for French dugout... IN ROLL 7129

CU air raid siren... IN ROLL 7129

Long view french kids donning gas masks... IN ROLL 7129

CU running out of doorway... IN ROLL 4026

Back view kids running to dugout... IN ROLL 4026

Intr. shot down steps in dugout... IN ROLL 4026

GERMANY: Berlin:

Long view cellar finished with seats. CU bell ringing. CU turning syren. Long view people running down dugout entrance. CU and long view intr. people entering dugout. Long view people off tram. Top view entering dugout. CU & long view people in dugout.

ENGLAND: London:

Angle shot Bayliss with mike. Long view Bayliss walks to White. CU White talks..(ex-serviceman type). CU woman talks. CU Gilson talks.

Long view, semi view, CU & Full CU Air Commodore Charlton..seated at desk & talks.

Sound Effects. Hodsoll says that Local Authorities are setting up organizations to combat air attack, and that everyone should learn how to help themselves.

Geoffrey Lloyd says that the gas masks will stop every known poison gas.

White (ex-serviceman type) says that a dugout is the best place during a bombardment.

Mrs Gil says that was is a remote possibility so why worry about it.

Gilson (landlord type) says that so long as he pays his rates the Government should take care of the rest.

Charlton says that a Government could not bear the entire cost of A.R.P., but must be carried out by private enterprise, and that it would be impossible to evacuate a huge city like London.

Good Scenes. Semi view people thru' curtain into gasproof room & curtain over door put into position. CU spraying curtain. Cu sealing up window with tape. CU plugging chimney. Semi view Bayliss with mike walks up to White in street...& stops him. CU 'Gas' Booklets. Semi view pupils pan to instructor & blackboard. CU instructor in mask. Semi view line of pupils adjusting gas-masks. CU pan along line of men with gas-masks on. Still shots of London air raids during Great War...Zep.Raid 1915 on Aldgate High Street...mix to...Aero.Raid 1918 in St.John's Wood...mix to...Air raid damage to Odhams Printing Works, W.C.1918...mix to ..Air raid damage to Savoy Mansions, W.C...pan down wreckage;

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