SHELTER AT HOME [Main Title]

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  • Title: SHELTER AT HOME [Main Title]
  • Film Number: COI 1001
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  • Summary: Civil Defence short about preparing for air raids.
  • Description: Information on the preparation of the refuge room (empty all glass and unnecessary items), windows (tape them), the new indoor shelter which doubles as a table (free to those on incomes of less than 350 pounds pa), and the shoring up of ceilings etc with timber joists. Shot of the booklet "Shelter at Home" - threepence from bookshops.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: COI 1001
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1941
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Central Office of Information (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: propaganda, British - practical (object name) society, British - precautionary: air raid preparations (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: 203 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    COI 1001

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