1963 Press Photo Two of many Ban the bomb demonstrators

BAN THE BOMB SUPPORTERS ARRESTED IN RAID ON GERM WARFARE CENTRE. Some 40 demonstrators were arrested yesterday when they staged a raid on the Government centre for research into micro-biological warfare at Porton. More than 1,000 troops and hundreds of police were called in to guard the top secret centre. PHOTO SHOWS: Two of the demonstrators who already had climbed over a fence around the forbidden zone heading towards the research centre. One of them is carrying a huge Cricifix.

Photo measures 8 x 10 inches.

Photo is dated 6-30-1963.



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