AERIAL SPRAY AND GRENADE TRIALS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AERIAL SPRAY AND GRENADE TRIALS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: DED 171
  • Other titles: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary:
  • Description: Item I (Leader: Programme 23/43. 27 April 1943. Evasive spray. 120 pps with 6-inch lens.) Boston flies left to right at varying altitudes with spray nozzle below emitting spray cloud. No sign of monitoring. Woods in background. Item II (Leader: Programme 23/43. 27 April 1943. Evasive spray. 16 pps with 3-inch lens.) Item III (Leader: 4 September 1942. Trial No 4. Grenades on tank (German).) Puff of smoke on (captured)stationary German Pzkpfw III.
  • Alternative Title: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: DED 171
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-09-04
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Porton Down (Production company)
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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
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    DED 171

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