CHEMICAL WEAPONS TRIALS AT PORTON DOWN [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: CHEMICAL WEAPONS TRIALS AT PORTON DOWN [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: DED 161
  • Other titles: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary:
  • Description: Item I: (Leader marked: Trench Mortar, 27 December 1940: 4 bursts.) Item II: (Leader marked: Phosgene bomb, 9 April 1941.) Item III: (Leader marked: American SCI (Smoke Curtain Installation), 17 April 1941: emission run.)
  • Alternative Title: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: DED 161
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1940-12-27
  • 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: 400 ft ca
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    DED 161

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