HS 117 TRIAL [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HS 117 TRIAL [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: GWY 1459
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: A trial firing of the Hs 117 anti-aircraft missile.
  • Description: The missile, seen from behind, is fired and disappears into cloud. The launch is seen again from the side.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: GWY 1459
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM-GERMAN Attribution: IWM – GWY 1459
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Production Details: Erprobungsstelle der Luftwaffe, Karlshagen (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: weapons, German - missile [AA]: Henschel Hs 117 Schmetterling & [R and D] (object name) Germany & Karlshagen (?) (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: German
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 241 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    GWY 1459

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