WESTLAND WESSEX HELICOPTER AND MADGE TRIALS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: WESTLAND WESSEX HELICOPTER AND MADGE TRIALS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: DEB 39
  • Other titles: COLLECTION OF RAE BEDFORD FILMS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Trials of the MADGE (Microwave Aircraft Digital Guidance Equipment) helicopter landing system fitted to a Westland Wessex helicopter, approaching the acoustic research vessel RMAS Colonel Templer (A.229), at Aberporth Bay, Wales. The footage is filmed from the helicopter cockpit.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: COLLECTION OF RAE BEDFORD FILMS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: DEB 39
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (DEB 39)
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 1984-04-10
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Aircraft Establishment, Bedford (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 200 ft
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    DEB 39

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