AERIAL SMOKE CURTAIN INSTALLATION TRIALS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AERIAL SMOKE CURTAIN INSTALLATION TRIALS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: DED 157
  • Other titles: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Trials at Porton Down.
  • Description: Item 1: (Leader marked: SCI sprays from air. Runs 1-7. 18/7/1938 to 13/1/1939). Slow motion air-to-air from Lysander of Whitley bomber (G-58) emitting smoke. (ca 100ft) Item 2: (Leader marked: Whitley Bomber Spray SCI 10/8/38). Smoke Curtain Installation trial, air-to-air. Item 3: (Leader marked: Spray from air 19/7/1938). Air-to-air of Whitley bomber (G-58) emitting smoke. Item 4: (Leader marked: SCI spray trials from air. Runs 1-8. 18/7/1938 to 13/1/1939). Air-to-air of Lysander emitting smoke. (71 ft) Item 5: (Leader marked: 20/9/1939) Slow motion air-to-air of Lysander emitting smoke. (100 ft) Item 6: (Leader marked: Taken from Lysander. Spray. 13/1/1939). Slow motion (with timing clock on screen) air-to-air of Fairey Battle emitting smoke, with buildings visible on Porton (presumably) ranges below. (89 ft)
  • Alternative Title: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: DED 157
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1919-1938
  • Production Date: 1938-07-18 1938-07-19 1938-08-10 1939-01-13 1939-09-20
  • 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 Footage: 600 ft ca
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    DED 157

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