Big Bang in Bournemouth

British morale raiser Bad Day in Bournemouth. The movie starred Lucky, a master of disguise who helps Captain Bulger thwart Nazi saboteurs planning to blow up an unsuspecting English seaside town.

On the set technicians prepared the life-sized model train with liquid nitrogen for the dramatic climax. But the stunt went terribly wrong. The massive explosion flattened a nearby a glue factory and fatally injured more than twenty, including Lucky. 

Preparing for a fatal train ride  

Movie production started in 1941 but was never finished.  

Sadly, this would be Henry Rome’s last film. Suffering from years of drug addiction, he ended his days as Snooty the Elephant carrying a Daily Standard billboard up and down Brighton promenade.

Henry Rome's final act