HS 117 AND ROCKET MOTOR TEST [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HS 117 AND ROCKET MOTOR TEST [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: GWY 1457
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  • Summary: Hs 117 on launcher and rocket motor blast test.
  • Description: An Hs 117 Schmetterling is shown in close up on its launching stand. A test (presumably to determine the safe area around a rocket exhaust) is carried out on a rocket motor test rig. Pairs of small animals (probably guinea pigs) are suspended from frames in the blast area and the rocket is fired. Spectators watch from a safe distance. The animals apparently all survive.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: GWY 1457
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM-GERMAN Attribution: IWM – GWY 1457
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944
  • Production Country: Germany
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  • Keywords: animals, mammals: guinea pig (object name) weapons, German - missile [AA]: Henschel Hs 117 Schmetterling & [R and D] (object name) Germany (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 116 ft; Running time: 1 min
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    GWY 1457

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