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Show ( -sr.-wsv? 6- .. . - . :- . --. ..: I ! 1 : - . : "j ; i - 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 pre-i pre-i vent breathing of atomic dust, and rubber gloves for : handling of radio-active material. j BRITAIN'S A-BOMB DEFENSE 9 Trainees (right) at the defense school learn to use radio-active detectors de-tectors and how to deal with blast and fire cmong other things. The I training center in which Britain is indoctrinating t its defense experts is set up amid the rubble of tombed out buildings in specially erected "atomic I villages." Below trainees rescue a casualty from otom bombed area. t f -' " vf , ? 1 r - f ' -" s i ' ',,. I "' v ' " 1 " ,?- 'A I . I S ' ' . " ; L s v ; t - i i . i ' t ' , . t , i )"'. ?-,' f t, - w . x.V ; :. 4,'S4.' -ft- - : -"v v.. K..i5S & W " y M I ' ' ' ' 1 C 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. |