First Government gas-mask factory opened by Home Office Under-secretary at Blackburn. Production of 500,000 a week.

First Government gas-mask factory opened by Home Office Under-secretary at Blackburn. Production of 500,000 a week. Left to right: Mr. Gerald Palmer; Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd, Home Office Under-secretary; and Wing-Commander Hodsell, in charge of the Air-Raid Precautions department at the Home Office, wearing gas-masks at the opening ceremony.