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1938 DEFENCE: Air Raid precautions in England and Europe
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3:59Now PlayingDate: 1st January 1938
Location: BERLIN, GERMANY PARIS, FRANCE LONDON, KENSINGTON, WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
ENGLAND: London:
Quick sequence..bombing effect..bombs dropping..hitting ground..airplanes..etc.etc. (Fakes from Var. Rolls.
Semi view Wing Commander Hodsoll looking at map.
CU Hodsoll turns from map & looks at camera.
Semi view & CU Hodsoll talks.
Gen. view & CU Hodsoll talks.
Gen.view searchlight...
CU Hore-Belisha...
CU searchlight...
Semi view & CU sound-detector...IN ROLL 6767
Long view anti-aircraft gun...
Pan from Hore-Belisha to anti-aircraft gun...
Air view & long view Line of 'Wellesley' Bombers IN ROLL 7159
Semi view people looking at Municipal 'A.R.P.' posters. CU 'A.R.P.' poster.
Gen. view intr. gas-mask factory...
CU's making gas-masks...IN ROLL 5758
2 semi views & 2 CU's girls making gas-masks..
Gen. view people with gas-masks on...
Side view girls with gas-masks on...
CU Geoffrey Lloyd talks...
Gen. View Home Office...IN ROLL 5522
Kensington, England: Gen. view class receiving instruction in gas. Semi view Instructor & blackboard. CU pupils. CU 'Gas' handbook..open. Pan up house at Kensington. CU & semi view letting blind down over window. Semi view plugging chimney. Semi view anti-fire outfit (35/-d.)..consisting of handpump..bucket..sand and shovel...& CU.
Wimbledon, England: CU working pump & spraying. CU spraying into camera. Gen. view garden at Wimbledon.
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