BMW ROCKET MOTOR TESTS 2 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BMW ROCKET MOTOR TESTS 2 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: GWY 1470
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  • Summary: Assorted shots of BMW rocket motor tests.
  • Description: The fierce flame produced by mixing fuel and oxidiser (not in a combustion chamber) is shown. Short takes of static tests on rocket motors are then shown. In most cases the motors apparently function imperfectly (large quantities of smoke are produced). A laboratory demonstration (as seen in GWY 1469) of the reaction resulting from mixing fuel and oxidiser is shown.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: GWY 1470
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM-GERMAN Attribution: IWM – GWY 1470
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943
  • Production Country: Germany
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  • Keywords: equipment, German air - propulsion: BMW rocket motor & [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: 248 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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    GWY 1470

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