Peter Birley joins the ARP. He attends a First-Aid course and applies a splint to a patient with a broken leg. He does it almost perfectly, with only one mistake.
Context: Air Raid Precautions (“ARP”) refers to a number of organisations and guidelines in the United Kingdom dedicated to the protection of civilians from the danger of air raids. In April 1937, the Air Raid Wardens’ Service had been created which aimed to seek some 800,000 volunteers (some 200,000 people had joined by mid-1938, and following the Munich Crisis of September 1938 another 500,000 had enrolled). Wardens gave ARP advice to the public and were responsible for reporting bombs and other incidents. On 1 January 1938, the Air-Raid Precautions Act 1937 came into force, compelling all local authorities to begin creating their own ARP services.