British military use fire defence along coastlines (1945)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit British Royal Navy use petrol jets to protect coastlines and cities Full Description: SLATE: Secrets of Our Flame Defences ENGLAND: Various: EXT FLAME DEFENCE OF BRITAIN. Undersea oil jets in action, oil bubbling to surface & igniting. C.U., flaming line along coast. Flaming jets along beach. The ’FOUGASSE’ destroying tanks. (Like tar barrels). Flaming oil shooting into sky. HANKEY, Lord Maurice Pascal Alers, 1st Baron Hankey, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC (1877????????1963) LLOYD, Geoffrey William, Baron Geoffrey-Lloud, PC (1902-1984) Minister of Petroleum Petroleum jets, petrol, smoke, coastal defence, remote, flames, WWII, World War II, Second World War Background: British Royal Navy use petrol jets to protect coastlines and cities FILM ID: VLVA1K9ZT8Q3DLC7RFW8V1FRFD43K To license this film, visit
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