Summary: Amateur film of an exercise to test the ability of evacuee handling plans in the event of a nuclear attack.
Description: The exercise takes place in Hampshire and involves some "2200 homeless" along with numerous civil defence workers, police, mobile kitchens, transport services and so on. The film consists mostly of shots of long lines of civilians being shepherded along roads, in and out of buses and trains and to and from mobile kitchens and rest centres.
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:MGH 4182
Sound:Silent
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Production Date:1959-05
Production Country: GB
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: English
Technical Details: Format: 16mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 959 ft; Running time: 27 mins
