Dangerous Trophies - Unexploded Bombs (1944-1945)

Title reads: “Dangerous Trophies - Unexploded bombs & ammunition“. Ministry of Information Government official. Location unspecified. Two men on bicycles in the country. One finds an unexploded bomb (blind), picks it up and the other man warns him to leave it alone and inform the police, but the one with the bomb takes it home as a souvenir and explodes as he cycles off. Written messages appear ’Danger Don’t Touch it’ and then ’Don’t Collect Dangerous Trophies - These Things Were Meant to Kill’. NB: item was originally part of Gazette issue 45/94. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), Brit
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