GAS ATTACK EXERCISE, WELLINGBOROUGH [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: GAS ATTACK EXERCISE, WELLINGBOROUGH [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BTF 230
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Railwaymen in protective clothing spraying locomotive and carriages in Wellingborough locomotive depot. Covering horse wagon with powder. Biplane flies over dropping 'gas'. General view of depot. RAF observers. Man tries to close window of carriage and apply "gas" sticker. Hoses sprayed on to window (filmed from inside).
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: BTF 230
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (BTF 230)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: London Midland and Scottish Railway Film Unit (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service) London Midland and Scottish Railway (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: society, British - precautionary: gas protection (object name) training, British civilian - specialist: gas protection (object name) transport, British civilian - rail (object name) GB, England & Wellingborough, Northants <railway depot> (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 505 ft; Running time: 6 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BTF 230

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