WATER CANNON TRIALS AT PORTON [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: WATER CANNON TRIALS AT PORTON [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: DED 96
  • Other titles: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NON-NITRATE COLLECTION - UNLISTED [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: (Sound interviews missing) Unedited trials film of servicemen "demonstrators" in civilian dress hurling stones at dummy figures on an asphalt area before being sprayed by a red fire engine; servicemen's brief answers to scientist's questions after the soaking are recorded on a reel-to-reel tape recorder for subsequent analysis. Trial is attended by civilians and army officers.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NON-NITRATE COLLECTION - UNLISTED [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour (Ektachrome)
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  • Object_Number: DED 96
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (DED 96)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1972
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Porton Down (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour (Ektachrome) Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 192 ft; Running time: 5 mins (ca)
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    DED 96

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