OPTICAL STUDIES OF COMBUSTION [Main Title]

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  • Title: OPTICAL STUDIES OF COMBUSTION [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MTE 4228
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  • Summary: Technical film with live action, diagrams and commentary, focusing on the testing and evaluation of a number of small scale rocket models at RAE Westcott, filmed by a high speed cine observation camera.
  • Description: Focus on different fuel injectors. Construction of combustion chambers. Final preparations for tests. High speed camera started. Firings commence.
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  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MTE 4228
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
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  • Production Date: 1959
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Supply (Production sponsor) Rocket Propulsion Establishment Film Unit, RAE Westcott (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound
  • Technical Details: Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 210ft; Running time: 6 mins
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    MTE 4228

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