Latest Bomb Destroyers Dublin Issue 1941

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Title reads: "Latest in Bomb Destroyers".

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Various shots of inventors testing eccentric device for deflecting bombs in a field. Device consists of rubbery tentacles attached to spinning disc, various cogs and belts power it. Looks a bit Heath Robinson. Narrator...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37771
Sort Number:
41/010
Time in/Out:
01:10:25:00 / 01:11:07:00
Canister:
41/10
Film ID:
1069.07
Issue Date:
03/02/1941

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