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An Abyssinian soldier wearing a gas mask during training at Addis Ababa in preparation for an expected poison gas attack by the Italians in the Italo-Abyssinian War. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 26th October 1935
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Men wearing gas masks exercising in a factory yard. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images). Circa 1935
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Men wearing gas masks carry a man out of a door reading “Not Ausgang”. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images). Circa 1935
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Able seamen at the Royal Navy Anti-Gas School at Tipnor, Portsmouth play ball games wearing gas masks, to accustom them to carrying out strenuous tasks in respirators. (Photo by William Vanderson/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 22nd January 1934
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Able seamen learn how to cope with gas warfare at the Royal Navy Anti-Gas School at Tipnor, Portsmouth. (Photo by William Vanderson/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 16th January 1934
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Royal Marine recruits practising trench warfare in their gas masks. (Photo by William Vanderson/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 10th March 1933
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Nurses wearing gas masks attend to a patient, during a gas attack demonstration held at Toynbee hall, London, by the St John Ambulance Brigade. (Photo by A. Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 28th September 1935
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Sailors fitting gas masks on to visitors at Chatham, England, where a rehearsal is being held in preparation for the opening of Navy Week. (Photo by H. Allen/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 1st August 1935
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British soldiers wear gasmasks during manoeuvres. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). August 1928
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Pest control men in gas masks spray insecticide around Winchester Cathedral in an attempt to exterminate an infestation of death watch beetles. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). July 1935
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Labour supporters electioneering in gas masks and carrying sandwich boards saying, “Vote Labour. The Labour Policy is Peace and Prosperity”. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). November 1935
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A soldier escorts two young visitors to the gas chambers during an open day at Kingston Barracks in Surrey. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 29th June 1935
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Air Raid Precautions Department of the Home Office testing a portable siren at Hendon. (Photo by William Vanderson/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 10th March 1936
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Two fire fighters emerging from a smoke-filled vent. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 30th August 1929
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Workers testing safety equipment in a German factory, part of a military Rearmament programme. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). Circa 1935
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A fire-fighting class being given by the Brighton Fire Brigade. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). 7th February 1934
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Portrait of the chief of the Calais Fire Brigade, Captain Edouard Vigne, inspecting the British Fire Brigade, during the national life saving competition in Hastings. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). 28th July 1935
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Scots Guards trying on their gas masks before sailing to China. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 7th April 1927
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A gas mask and a diving mask being demonstrated at the 10th Engineering & Machinery Exhibition at Olympia, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 1929
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Three workers demonstrating the different types of gas masks used in mine rescue work. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). December 1925
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A canary in a glass fronted box is being used to test the toxicity of gas inhaled by a mine rescue worker. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). December 1925
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A fireman rescuing someone from a building during a gas mask class for London firemen. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). April 1928
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A mine rescue brigade fully equipped with breathing apparatus. (Photo by Steele/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 22nd September 1934
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A selection of breathing apparatus on show at the Shipping and Engineering Exhibition at Olympia in London. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images). Circa 1930
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On manoeuvres armed German soldiers are wearing gas masks and riding motorcycles with side-cars. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images). Circa 1936
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Three girls modelling various dustbowl masks to be worn in areas where the amount of dust in the air causes breathing difficulties, circa 1935. (Photo by Bert Garai/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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