Precautions Against Air Raids 1937

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Full title reads: "PRECAUTIONS AGAINST AIR RAIDS".

Harrow Road, London.

Police at the Harrow Road Station testing their gas masks under supervision of an Police Officer. These are precautionary measures against gas air attack, police are being trained at anti-gas duties. Various shots...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
13402
Sort Number:
37/010
Time in/Out:
01:13:00:00 / 01:14:06:00
Canister:
37/10
Film ID:
911.10
Issue Date:
04/02/1937

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