BRITISH ARMY CHEMICAL WARFARE SPRAY CONTAINER TRIALS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BRITISH ARMY CHEMICAL WARFARE SPRAY CONTAINER TRIALS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: DED 153
  • Other titles: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Laboratory and range testing of spray containers.
  • Description: Item 1: (Leader marked: Spray Container Trials. Runs 1 and 2 of 18/11/37 and Runs 1and 2 of 22/11/37). Nozzle emits stream of viscous dark liquid. Scientist wearing tie steps forward inside Porton laboratory. Testing different flow profiles. (162 ft) Item 2: (Leader marked 6/12/37). Livens Projector remotely controlled by wire fires drums. Item 3: Livens Projector remotely controlled by wire fires drums. (52 ft) Item 4: Repeat explosions of shell (or Livens Projector drum) on sandbags, measured against yardstick.
  • Alternative Title: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: DED 153
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1919-1938
  • Production Date: 1937
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Porton Down (Production sponsor)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
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    DED 153

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