BOMB TRIALS AT PORTON DOWN [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BOMB TRIALS AT PORTON DOWN [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: DED 159
  • Other titles: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary:
  • Description: Item I (Leader marked Bomb trials 1/12/1939. Runs 1-8. Slow then rapid of each run. All runs of Slow - approx 20pps. Runs 1 and 2 of Rapid - 40pps. Runs 3-8 - 120pps. Only Rapid take of Run 8). Canister-like "bomb" in ground explodes. (154 ft) Item II (Leader marked Rocket bombs. 12/71940). Various shots of rocket fired vertically at different angles. (179 ft)
  • Alternative Title: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: DED 159
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1939-12-01
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Porton Down (Production sponsor)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 333 ft
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    DED 159

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