MODEL DITCHING: BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER & WESTLAND WELKIN [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: MODEL DITCHING: BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER & WESTLAND WELKIN [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MTE 4003
  • Other titles: MINISTRY OF TECHNOLOGY COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Model ditching trials featuring the Bristol Beaufighter and Westland
  • Description: Beaufighter 1 Hercules engines 20,000lbs. 1/10th scale model. Various configurations e.g. flaps up/down, speed, wheels down. Beaufighter II Merlin engines 20,000lbs. 1/10th scale model. Welkin 17,000lbs, 1/10th scale.
  • Alternative Title: MINISTRY OF TECHNOLOGY COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MTE 4003
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1955-03
  • Production Country: GB
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 653ft
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