TRIAL OF BL755 CLUSTER BOMB, RUNS A-G, JUNE 1971 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: TRIAL OF BL755 CLUSTER BOMB, RUNS A-G, JUNE 1971 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: DEA 100
  • Other titles: COLLECTION OF FILMS FROM DERA ABERPORTH [Allocated Title]
  • Summary: Camera in helicopter hovering over the soft target at West Freugh records the bombing runs. A Blackburn Buccaneer aircraft is seen coming into view, two BL755s are released and bird's-eye view of the bomblet bursts.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: COLLECTION OF FILMS FROM DERA ABERPORTH [Allocated Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: DEA 100
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (DEA 100)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1971-06
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Defence (Production sponsor) CUSP Scientific Film Unit (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 200 ft (ca)
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    DEA 100

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