Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Air Raid Precaution Drumclog'
Copy; 800 feet blue plastic canister; 450 feet / 13 minutes / Kodachrome colour reversal / 1942 / Film with descriptive captions / No title or 'end' captions / Intervention of men from the breakdown train on an engine in a bomb crater, men are seen in the train getting prepared to go on the intervention (putting protective equipment on), first squad going to work, then relieved by another one for a break while GUS assist the first squad with anti-gas ointment and undressing; last footage shows when the job is completed, how the boots are removed / Film warped/crinkled, few or discreet scratches
Details
- Category:
- Moving Images
- Object Number:
- 1978-7634/40
- Materials:
- cellulose acetate
- type:
- 16 mm film
- credit:
- British Rail, Research Laboratories