MORRISON SHELTER ON TRIAL: TESTING THE NEW INDOOR SHELTER, 1941
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A two storey house is brought down with high explosives to reproduce the collapse of a house brought on by heavy bombs falling close by during a test in 1941. The indoor 'table-type', or Morrison, shelter was placed in a ground floor room before the house was blown up. This house is clearly in an area that has previously been badly affected by air raids, as areas of bomb damage are visible nearby.
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A bomb damaged house is brought down with high explosives to reproduce the destruction of a building by bombing during tests on the Morrison indoor shelter in 1941.
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