Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Air Raid Precaution Drumclog'

maker:
British Rail Research, Derby
,
London Midland & Scottish Railway Company
and
Southern Railway

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