OCTAGONAL TENT [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OCTAGONAL TENT [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 330
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Test of a tent designed to be resistant to a wind velocity of 90 miles per hour at Farnborough, Hampshire.
  • Description: The octagonal tent is subjected to a wind velocity of between 80 and 90 miles per hour. The tent with its camouflage side to camera under normal conditions in a fair wind. Guy ropes on the tent.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 330
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-02-04
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Stewart, R Val (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: Farnborough, Kent, England, UK (geography) British Home Front 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 290 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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    AYY 330

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