A.R.P. - Air - Raid - Precautions (1938)

Titles read: "A.R.P. AIR - RAID - PRECAUTIONS".
Various locations of events.
Brief shots in an unidentified location show aeroplanes dropping gas bombs on a city. Commentator asks "Will this ever happen over London?".
Good shots of gas masks being made in a factory. A line of men stand on a dockside wearing gas masks; a man standing with them puts his mask on very slowly. A line of Post Office telegraph boys put their hats on over their gas masks and go into a shed labelled 'Danger - Gas'. In a London nightclub we see brief shots of showgirls, musicians and chefs putting their gas masks on and taking them off.
Note: there are several sections of this story without visuals; soundtrack continues throughout. It's a shame as it sounds like there was some good footage there!
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[@madclowntapia]

This is amazing footage. How'd you come across something like this?

[@SquareBiscuitProductions]

It's British Pathe. They have all of this footage in their archive, most of it filmed by British Pathe.
They used to do lots of filming for news, documentaries, and public informational videos.

[@lifelesstutorialbuilder1]

they predicted their own country being attacked