YOUR BOOK [Main Title]

description

Object description

Cinema trailer about air raid precautions.

Full description

A man in an office announces that the Home Office booklet "The Protection of Your Home Against Air Raids" is being distributed to households in the area. The film then briefly illustrates what the book contains - how to make windows gas and splinter proof, how to make a refuge room in the house, how to fit gas masks, how to "communicate" with the fire brigade and emergency services, how to construct a small trench in the garden.

Physical description

35mm

Object details

Category: Film
Related period: Interwar (production), Interwar (content)
Creator: Home Office (Production sponsor)
Production date: 1938
Place made: GB
Dimensions: whole: Number Of Items/reels/tapes 1
Catalogue number: HOY 81

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