This film is part of Free
Care of the Homeless
Post-nuclear planning in Bath - a Civil Defence training film about the billeting of the homeless after a nuclear bomb
Government sponsored film 1965 25 mins
Overview
A Civil Defence training film illustrating the procedures involved in the setting up of rest centres and the billeting of the homeless after a nuclear bomb. There are plans to house people evacuated from Bristol in the nearby city of Bath.
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