If War Should Come

1939 | 9 mins

War was a reality by the time this public information film was shown in 2000 cinemas across the country in the week of 18 September 1939. The listing of civil defence precautions for householders - do build a steel shelter, don’t panic buy - was meant to reassure and ready Britons for war. However a local policeman in a gas mask waving a hand rattle accompanied by the alien sounds of an air raid siren may have had quite the opposite effect.

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