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Topical Budget 340-1: Venice in Armour (1918)
 

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"How the historic architecture of the beautiful city is protected against possible air raids". Various shots of Venice buildings with sandbag reinforcements, wooden props etc. Shots of wooden supports bolted around pillars, including a whole colonnade.