FOLLAND GNAT EJECTION SEAT TRIALS AT RAE PENDINE, APRIL 1979 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: FOLLAND GNAT EJECTION SEAT TRIALS AT RAE PENDINE, APRIL 1979 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MTE 4206
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  • Summary: Trials footage filmed at RAE Pendine in Wales.
  • Description: Gnat ejection seat is fired along a retractable sled. At a set point the seat ejects, and is fired into the air. Once in the air, the seat's parachute is deployed, and the seat gradually descends to earth.
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  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MTE 4206
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (MTE 4206)
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  • Production Date: 1979
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Defence (Production sponsor)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 400 ft ca; Running time: 4 mins
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    MTE 4206

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