Gas Mask Store (1938)

Alperton, London. At London’s central gas mask store we see good shots of factory women assembling and working on manufacture of gas masks. The first batch of two million masks to be sent out to the London Boroughs are put into boxes and sealed in special airtight containers to avoid deterioration of the rubberised face pieces. Men throw boxes to one another as they are packed onto trucks. FILM ID:981.3 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 Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.