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- ↑ RUN ADOLF RUN (1940) (Video). 4 January 1940. Archived from the original on 25 September 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023– via British Pathé.
- ↑ Bennett, Daniel (17 November 2019). "A bomb, a song, a rabbit – the first WW2 bombs to fall on British soil". BBC. Archived from the original on 18 December 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
The rabbit in the photo is curiously intact," observes Dr Tait. "The fact is a rabbit was killed in the attack, but was eaten. Some people claim this rabbit (in the photo) is a prop – that's an over-rectification of history. The rabbit in the photo isn't the one the bomb killed." Robbie Williamson, a photographer from Lerwick, had a keen eye for a shot. When he heard about the rabbit's death, he went to record the "historic bombing" for the purposes of a postcard. But his camera wasn't the only gear he brought. "He had a good eye for something that would sell. But before going north he went to a butcher's shop to buy a rabbit," explains Dr Tait.
- ↑ "The event made headline news across Britain and a photograph was taken of a man holding two dead rabbits at the site of the crater. The rabbits came from a butcher shop in Lerwick. The story popularised the song Run, Rabbit, Run, which was seen as a skit on the ineffectiveness of the German air force (Luftwaffe)." Photo Number NE02730, Bomb crater, 13 Nov 1939, at https://photos.shetlandmuseumandarchives.org.uk/. Accessed 4 January 2021
- ↑ "The idea that the popular song "Run, Rabbit, Run" commemorated it is nonsense." /comparing dates of song and bomb/ Photo Number 02963, Bomb Crater, November 1939, at Shetland Museum Archives, accessed 4 January 2021
- ↑ Ratter, JD. "Photo #R01263, 13th Nov 1939". Shetland Museum & Archives. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
A popular myth in Shetland is that the song "Run, Rabbit, Run" commemorated this event, as a skit on the ineffectiveness of the German air force, but this is wrong – the song was released before the event.
- ↑ Hickman, Tom: Churchill's Bodyguard: The Authorised Biography of Walter H Thompson. Headline Book Publishing, 2005, ISBN 0-7553-1448-4
- ↑ Internet Movie Database - The Muppet Show - S4.E21 - Doug Hennig
- ↑ Bunny & Elmer Fudd Weetabix advert
- ↑ Edelstein, David (23 February 2017). "Jordan Peele's Get Out Is Terrifying, Socially Conscious Horror". Vulture. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
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