Westminster Air Raid Shelters Exhibition (1938)

Westminster, London. Various shots of a new air raid shelter exhibition being opened by the Mayor of Westminster. Several people go inside a shelter beside Caxton Hall. Inside the shelter a man turns a handle on some kind of machine (to seal the door?) and a woman arranges gas masks and protective suits on hooks on a wall. Brief shot of the Mayor posing outside with a woman who looks like film star Margaret Lockwood. Back inside the shelter we see brief shots of people sitting on benches opposite each other and talking and a couple playing draughts. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramou