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Show J fx v - x ? I N!y - t N v s- . v 4 i y I f , - 7 O Britain, veteran of block busters and buzz bombs, has launched an all-out civilian ci-vilian defense program to battle the atomic bomb. Garbed in weird protective clothing which would be worn during atomic attack, at-tack, two rescue workers (left) check equipment before be-fore investigating (below) a radio-active "bomb site." The garb consists of special mask and hood to protect face, head and neck, a respirator to prevent pre-vent breathing of atomic dust, and rubber gloves for handling of radio-active material. i BRITAIN'S A-BOMB DEFENSE r , . ..... . - " . O Trainees (right) at the defense school learn to use radio-active detectors de-tectors and how to deal with blast and fire among other things. The training center in which Britain is indoctrinating its defense experts is set up amid the rubble of bombed out buildings in specially erected "atomic villages." Below trainees rescue a casualty from atom bombed area. p,W ---- y ' wCf. -wis ,t -JK3 - V 1 V Ij i ? V I U" L i F Tvv r5 JS r - i7f, ' ' " ' Kit, ' " ft 1 rlx i ,l J - Av , LfM rZrtt IM"' , ill -. ; . ' v4Jl n Ht 'I r" O An instructor (left) at the defense school is testing test-ing radioactivity on overalls over-alls and equipment of a trainee. The school recently recent-ly staged a demonstration for the press of the latest equipment and practice in civilian defense. The instrument in-strument to detect radioactivity radio-activity is a Geiger counter. count-er. So far 375 rescue experts ex-perts have finished the course. |
