WIND TUNNEL TESTS ON PARACHUTES [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: WIND TUNNEL TESTS ON PARACHUTES [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: GWY 1535
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  • Summary: Slow motion film of parachutes opening.
  • Description: Two tests are carried out - on a tethered parachute and on a free one. A diagram shows the arrangement in the wind tunnel in each case and the key points in each test (the release, start of opening, fully opened position) are indicated on a graph and illustrated by the film.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: GWY 1535
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM-GERMAN Attribution: IWM – GWY 1535
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1940
  • Production Country: Germany
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  • Keywords: equipment, German air - personal: parachute & [R and D] (object name) sciences, German - technology: wind tunnel (object name) Germany (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: German Subtitle language: German
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 197 ft; Running time: 5 mins
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    GWY 1535

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