SZ/OEMU/44/1/11 - [Limb with freedom shoe after an explosion trial, undated]

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/44/1/11

Level of description

Item

Title

[Limb with freedom shoe after an explosion trial, undated]

Date/s

[1944?]

Quantity & Format

Photographs (monochrome)

Subject

Freedom shoes (Protective wear)
Land mines

Scope and content

Photograph shows a limb still attached to artificial hip joint and stakes, after an explosion had taken place. The freedom shoe was blown off and is seen in the background. The steel weights, which resembled the inertia of the body, were blown down onto the ground. The boot on the limb and the clothing were undamaged.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/44 - [OEMU. Correspondence with various departments, 1941-1948]
    - SZ/OEMU/44/1 - [OEMU. General correspondence, 1942-1945]
      - SZ/OEMU/44/1/11 - [Limb with freedom shoe after an explosion trial, undated]

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