Anti-Mine Wellingtons

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
43/8
Date Released
28 Jan 1943
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Admiral Harwood in Benghazi
  2. 2A Good Penny Turns Up
  3. 3Roll Call at Bombed School
  4. 4Anti-Mine Wellingtons
  5. 5Tripoli and Beyond

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
A number of Wellingtons are fitted with a hoop-shape casing holding a magnetic coil which, when passed over a mine, causes it to explode. Minesweeping from the air.
Keywords
Aviation; Military; Inventions and discoveries
Length of story (in feet)
82
Story extras:
Film clip
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Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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