Year Old Bomb Explodes in London

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
42/47
Date Released
11 Jun 1942
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Malta G.C.
  2. 2Supplies for Russia
  3. 3Year Old Bomb Explodes in London
  4. 4King and Queen in Scotland
  5. 5General Grant Tanks
  6. 6Commandos Do It Again
  7. *Launching
  8. *London Sheep Cast Clouts [Sic]
  9. *Taking the Plunge
  10. *Old Time Regatta
  11. *Review of US Nurses
  12. *Manhattan Black Out

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
Twenty people are killed and sixty injured when unexploded bomb goes off destroying a block of flats and several houses at the Elephant and Castle in London.
Keywords
War damage; Accidents and disasters
Locations
London; England
Length of story (in feet)
69
Story extras:
Film clip
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