BOMB TRIALS AT PORTON DOWN [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BOMB TRIALS AT PORTON DOWN [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: DED 158
  • Other titles: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary:
  • Description: Item 1: (Leader marked: SCI Dropping Case Tests. 1 - Case. 2 - Contents. 25/9/39). Wooden case approximately 10 feet long marked A - Light dropped, two tests. Item 2: (Leader marked: Bomb Trials Runs 1-8. 1/12/39. Slow + Rapid. 20pps 40pps 120pps). Shell explodes in near foreground; repeats. Item 3: (Leader marked: 120pps Runs 1-2. Petrol Bomb 11/12/39). Fixed camera records petrol explosion in near distance with huge flame/cloud and petrol/debris [predecessor of napalm?] Item 4: (Leader marked: Rocket Bomb 120pps 12/7/40). Single large rocket fired from various elevations. Firing flag in background.
  • Alternative Title: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: DED 158
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1919-1938 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1938-07-18
  • 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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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    DED 158

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