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1939 DEFENCE: Bomb shelters tested with 500 pound bomb explosion
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1:07Now PlayingDate: 13th February 1939
Location: England, United Kingdom
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: 500 Pound Bomb Proves Shelter Bomb Proof
ENGLAND: Shoeburyness:
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General view of wall & shelters / wall (representing houses) and shelters / men placing bomb in front of houses / 500 lb. bomb in front of house / cameraman in sandbag shelter / bomb exploded.and houses wrecked / men looking at undamaged steel-shelter, men measuring bomb crater and Pan undamaged shelter.
Good Scene. Extra. scene of explosion taken from different angle.
Civil Defence; Great Britain
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