Westminster Air Raid Shelters Exhibition 1938

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Westminster, London.

Various shots of a new air raid shelter exhibition being opened by the Mayor of Westminster. Several people go inside a shelter beside Caxton Hall. Inside the shelter a man turns a handle on some kind of machine (to seal the door?) and a woman arranges gas masks and protective...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
16289
Sort Number:
38/013
Time in/Out:
01:54:11:00 / 01:54:37:00
Canister:
38/13
Film ID:
953.61
Issue Date:
14/02/1938

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