TRIAL OF SEA SKUA MISSILE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: TRIAL OF SEA SKUA MISSILE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: DEA 26
  • Other titles: COLLECTION OF FILMS FROM DERA ABERPORTH [Allocated Title]
  • Summary: The film is of static camera coverage (camera mounted on an adjacent buoy) of the plate target showing impact by a single Sea Skua missile. This was one of the warhead firings undertaken during the Sea Skua evaluation programme by 29 JSTU. The missile image is not discernible but it makes its presence felt by the impact and the subsequent warhead detonation.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: COLLECTION OF FILMS FROM DERA ABERPORTH [Allocated Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: DEA 26
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (DEA 26)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1970
  • 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: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 134 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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    DEA 26

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