BRITISH ARMY CHEMICAL WARFARE EXERCISE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BRITISH ARMY CHEMICAL WARFARE EXERCISE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: DED 177
  • Other titles: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Two separate, but possibly related, films show British Army soldiers on exercise marching along country road and building bridge, possibly in simulated gas warfare conditions.
  • Description: Troops marching on experimental road. (Kodak stock date 1932) (ca 100 ft) Troops bridge-building party. (Undated film stock) (ca 20ft)
  • Alternative Title: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: DED 177
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1919-1938
  • Production Date: 1932
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Porton Down (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 120 ft ca; Running time: 2 mins
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    DED 177

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