Historical X-ray Of Suitcase: Airport Surveillance
by Science Photo Library
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Historical X-ray Of Suitcase: Airport Surveillance
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Science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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Early airport security X-ray. One of the first X- rays ever taken of the interior of a suitcase, using X-ray surveillance at an airport. Two hand guns have been exposed, with a grenade tucked into the shoe at lower left. This late 1950s image was taken at an airport in the United Kingdom. X-ray fluoroscopy was the process, used by a security device manufactured by Pantak. X-ray checks have since become more sophisticated, but are still only as efficient as the guards analysing these X- rays. In this case the grenade could easily be mistaken for a sock in the shoe, and a gun seen from end on is much harder to recognise.
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September 26th, 2018
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