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The fires were operated electrically, ignited electrically and they were in big iron baskets with lots of fuel and they also had these troughs of flaming creosote into which they put water because, as people know, if you throw water into a burning fluid or fat, in particular, you get a large flare, which imitates the incendiary bombs
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The fires were operated electrically, ignited electrically
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and they were in big iron baskets with lots of fuel
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and they also had these troughs of flaming creosote
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into which they put water because, as people know,
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if you throw water into a burning fluid
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or fat, in particular, you get a large flare,
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which imitates the incendiary bombs.
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Movie Summary
During World War II, the British built or reinforced a series of structures consisting of over 26,000 buildings to form a line of defence against an expected German invasion. Rob Bell travels around the UK to learn their secrets.
