The latest in eye shields--for desert warfare. A shortage of non-inflammable celluloid has prompted the Union of South Africa government to utilize old photographic negatives to make eye shields needed for use in desert warfare. The original images in the shield can be seen by turning the picture upside down. The emulsion is washed off the negatives to make the shields transparent. More than a million such shields have been produced to protect United Nations soldier's eyes from wind, sand and dust. Margaret Bucci of Washington, D.C., demonstrated the shield
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Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1943
Contributors
United States. Office of War Information.
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
Source
Library of Congress
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Public Domain