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Navy, Army and Air Force are combining in coastal defense exercises which continued over a wide area of sea and land between Portsmouth and Plymouth, Devon. Among the innovations used, when an air raid black-out plunged Portsmouth into darkness was this new type of anti gas decontamination suit. It is absolutely air tight, and cannot be worn for more than 40 minutes. Ground engineers at an Air Force station near Portsmouth, Hampshire, on July 15, 1937, wearing the new decontamination suits in readiness for a raid. (Photo by AP Photo)
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