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Topical Budget 241-2: Testing a Searchlight (1916)
 

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"TESTING A SEARCHLIGHT All searchlights after completion are tested by the military authorities before leaving the munition factory". Searchlights being made in factory; one is tested by being flashed round the walls. Girl at work bench. Machines at work.