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Aerial bombardment

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

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Articles collected for an anthology, 1938-70

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 2/2/1
Scope and Contents Comprising: "Manpower in War", 1938; "Social Services in the Blitz" also known as "London Under Bombing", 1941; with Henry Bunbury, "Financial Mysticism", 1943; "Distribution of Income within the Family", 1952; with Ed Shils, "The Meaning of the Coronation", 1953; "The Role of the Extended Family in a Disaster", 1954; with Peter Willmott, "Social Grading by Manual Workers", undated; with John Gibson, "In Search of Explanation of Social Mobility", 1963; with Bernard Benjamin and Chris Wallis,...
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Letter from Con Condren to his brother Richard, on the beginning of the Blitz, 1940-09-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CNDN 22
Scope and Contents

Account of the first mass raid on the Woolwich area, London, on 7 September 1940. Includes transcript.

Dates: 1940-09-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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London Civil Defence Region (Intelligence Branch) regular reports, 1941-01-01 - 1942-03-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PRKR 1
Scope and Contents

The reports cover the blitz and the bombing of London and include sections on the general character of the raids; the direct effect of the raids (casualties, homeless, damage, and transport restrictions); general effects of war conditions; and policy and administration. The first report includes a retrospective section on the general character of the raids since August 1940.

Dates: 1941-01-01 - 1942-03-25
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"London Notes", 1933 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PRKR 3
Scope and Contents

Home Office papers including: statistics of ARP recruitment; guidance about the Official Secrets Act; ARP department annual report for 1936 (apparently unpublished); statement by Sir Ernest Gowers about the Battle of Britain to MPs; and casualty figures.

Dates: 1933 - 1949
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Panoramic photographs of bomb damage in Germany, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CNDN 14
Scope and Contents

Possibly at the military site near Cuxhaven.

Dates: 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Photographs of bomb disposal work

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CNDN 9
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Photographs of subjects including air defences, wireless equipment and V2 rockets and a letter on the Blitz, 1940.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Photographs of buildings, people and bomb damage in Germany, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CNDN 15
Scope and Contents

Possibly Frankfurt.
Including photographs of refugees.

Dates: 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Reports on London Region to the Minister of Home Security from Ernest Gowers [Senior Regional Commissioner], 1941-07 - 1945-03-31

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PRKR 2
Scope and Contents

These regular reports include regular sections on attacks by the enemy; civil defence; fire services; preparations for invasion; preparation of plans for attack; lessons from raids; and movement of population.

Dates: 1941-07 - 1945-03-31
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Wartime work, 1925 - 1978

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/LDBA 1
Scope and Contents

Includes: Ministry of Home Security papers on design of air raid shelters; Home Office Civil Defence Research Committee minutes; Department of Scientific and Industrial Research papers on alternative construction methods; papers on bombing trials for shelters and on protection for factories and offices; road research reports; data on damage to reinforced concrete and steel framed buildings; report on damage at Hiroshima and Nagasaki [Japan].

Dates: 1925 - 1978
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of a few files, which are still closed (details are available in the catalogue), the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.