SOE Sabotage - Plastic Explosive

During the Second World War Britain’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) developed a whole series of sabotage devices for use behind enemy lines. Using unique archival footage this series of short videos examines some of the weapons developed for use by SOE agents in occupied Europe. In this episode we look at the component which made so many of them possible - Plastic Explosive. This video contains demonstrations of various uses for the malleable explosive. The footage is part of the Imperial War Museum’