Mining the Coasts of Eire

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
40/58
Date Released
18 Jul 1940
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1France’s National Day
  2. 2Children Re-Evacuated
  3. 3The Home Guard
  4. 4Physical Training at Wembley
  5. 5Romance of a Naval Base
  6. 6The King with the Services
  7. 7Mining the Coasts of Eire
  8. 8American Volunteers for Home Defence
  9. 9Convoy Attacked in the Channel
  10. *Wendell Wilkie Nominated
  11. *Recruiting for US Army

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 9
Summary
Men of the Marine Service fit charges into mines which are then taken and lowered into the sea. These mines are of the controlled type and can only be exploded from the control room ashore.
Keywords
Weapons
Locations
Republic of Ireland
Length of story (in feet)
90
Story extras:
Film clip
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