TESTS TO OBSERVE THE RATE OF FLAME SPREAD ON POOLS OF FLAMMABLE FLUIDS [Main Title]

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  • Title: TESTS TO OBSERVE THE RATE OF FLAME SPREAD ON POOLS OF FLAMMABLE FLUIDS [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MTE 4142
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  • Summary: Tests to show rate of flame spread on various fuels.
  • Description: Initial titles read: - 'This series of experiments was carried out to measure the rate of flame spread in an aircraft crash with various fluids. The apparatus consists of a steel tray 10 ft long by 1 ½ ft wide and 2 inches deep. The fluid depth is ½ inch and is ignited over the width of the tray by a series of small callous gas jets and the time required for the flame to spread to the other end of the tray is measured'
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  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MTE 4142
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM (MTE 4142)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1966
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  • Production Details: Royal Aircraft Establishment (Production sponsor) Royal Aircraft Establishment (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 400 ft; Running time: 11 mins
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