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Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light
The government tried to keep the details of the Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster of 1943 private – but a court case brought the terrible story to light.
Series
Photographs Extracted from ZLIB series
Catalogue reference: CN 15
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CN 15
Photographs extracted from publications formerly held by the British Transport Historical Records Office library: ZLIB
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CN 15
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Title (The name of the record)
- Photographs Extracted from ZLIB series
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Date (When the record was created)
- c1932-1946
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Description (What the record is about)
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Photographs extracted from publications formerly held by the British Transport Historical Records Office library: ZLIB
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English and German
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- photograph(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
- Some photographs may remain in copyright
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- See the Photographs Index which is available on open access at The National Archives
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4180/
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Photographs Extracted from ZLIB series
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