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 : Huge blinds used to camouflage a factory, Sept 1939


Huge blinds used to camouflage a factory, Sept 1939

Huge dark blinds used to camouflage an entire factory on an A-road just outside of London. Blackout regulations were imposed two days before the outbreak of war to make the factory less visible to enemy aircraft, as these blinds would have done

Picture No
12688920
Media ID
46106475
Size
4850px x 4194px (3.0MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photographer in The Sphere', 30 September 1939, page 494
Date
1939

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