Ware Splinters! (1939)

Titles read: “WARE SPLINTERS!“ London (?). Several shots of two men and a woman fixing a new metal shield to the roof of a Ford car to protect against falling splinters of anti-aircraft shells. The steel shield is tied on to the front and back bumpers; the car also has blackout shields over the headlights. One of the men and the woman get inside and drive around a roundabout. Good footage of a ’phoney-war’ gadget that didn’t catch on (or did it?). 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), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end