Gas Mask Store 1938

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Alperton, London.

At London's central gas mask store we see good shots of factory women assembling and working on manufacture of gas masks. The first batch of two million masks to be sent out to the London Boroughs are put into boxes and sealed in special airtight containers to avoid deterioration...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
18035
Sort Number:
38/076
Time in/Out:
01:32:23:00 / 01:32:48:00
Canister:
38/76
Film ID:
981.30
Issue Date:
22/09/1938

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