Most military photographs that cross the sea from Germany represent death-dealersheavier bombs, bigger Berthas, faster Heinkels. Most military pictures that cross from France and Britain represent life-saversslicker gas masks, thicker walls, deeper holes. Last week, straight from a Hounslow, Middlesex, firm with the reassuring name of Concrete, Ltd., came some examples of British ARP (Air Raid Precautions) art which would gladden the heart of any wisely defensive ostrich.
One picture represented 55 solid balls of concrete pyramided above sandbags piled on a segment of sewer pipe. When a 1,200-pound dummy bomb...
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