CIVIL DEFENCE 8 (provisional title) [Main Title]

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  • Title: CIVIL DEFENCE 8 (provisional title) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: COI 774
  • Other titles: CIVIL DEFENCE TV FILLER 1956 [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Civil Defence trailer.
  • Description: The film begins with a flashback to the Blitz showing that in 1939 the country was not prepared but we had almost a year, until 1940, to get ready. The film then asks us if we are ready for a hydrogen bomb, and suggests that we may be able to help if we join the Civil Defence Corps.
  • Alternative Title: CIVIL DEFENCE TV FILLER 1956 [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: COI 774
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1956
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Civil Defence Corps (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: propaganda, British - practical: recruitment, Civil Defence Corps (object name) society, British - precautionary: Civil Defence (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 195 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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