Showing how to make "a bootiful bootie that can be slipped on in a jiffy before you slip out to the shelter". It is made out of scraps of rubber "the best protection against blast". (Your feet will be OK, the rest of you gets blown to kingdom come) We see a...
Showing how to make "a bootiful bootie that can be slipped on in a jiffy before you slip out to the shelter". It is made out of scraps of rubber "the best protection against blast". (Your feet will be OK, the rest of you gets blown to kingdom come) We see a woman & child preparing for a night in the air raid shelter.
Several M/S's of the designer Adele Ashfield designing simple boots from scraps of rubber. The design is for people hiding out in air raid shelters. The commentator says that rubber boots will protect the legs from shrapnel. Several shots of Miss Ashfield stitching the boots together. M/S's of the completed boots. M/S of protective earpieces. M/S of a young woman modelling the new designs.
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