TRIALS AT PORTON DOWN [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: TRIALS AT PORTON DOWN [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: DED 184
  • Other titles: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary:
  • Description: Programme 59/51. 26 March 1952. 24 fps with 6-inch lens. Vinten camera. Helicopter hovers, dropping charges by small parachute, some ignited. Repeat. Programme R 50/50. Spinning bomb from Lincoln aircraft. 24 fps with 6-inch lens. Bomb 1. Aerial shot of torpedo-shaped bomb dropping, rotation clearly recorded. [Similar spinning bomb trials from Lincoln aircraft shot on 27/7/1950].
  • Alternative Title: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: DED 184
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1952-03-26
  • 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 184

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