At the Risk of Their Lives
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- Pathe Gazette
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Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 8
- Summary
- Men of the bomb disposal squad work for three days to remove a time bomb weighing a ton, the biggest dropped on London so far, from near St Paul’s Cathedral. The bomb is removed to Hackney Marshes where it is blown up.
- Keywords
- Weapons; War damage; Military
- Locations
- London; Hackney; Ludgate Hill
- Length of story (in feet)
- 46
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'At the Risk of Their Lives', Pathe Gazette Issue No. 40/76, 19 Sep 1940. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/98256 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)