NERVE AGENT TRIALS AT PORTON DOWN [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: NERVE AGENT TRIALS AT PORTON DOWN [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: DED 187
  • Other titles: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: A series of eight trials of nerve agents, carried out between 1948 and 1951.
  • Description: Item 1: "Programme 2/46. 21 September 1948. Spinning bomb ejection of concrete plates. 120 fps with 3-inch lens." Item 2: "Programme 6/48. 18 May 1948. Tabone [Tabun?] Prox. Burst Bomb." Item 3: "Programme 6/48. 1 Round Tabon [Tabun?] 15 June 1948. Burst missed - no cooperation." Item 4: "Programme 58/50. 105mm German gun. 16 August 1950. 32-2" Z.T.G. 1 Round" Item 5: "Programme 42/50. 31 July 1950. MRD Trial 4lb bomb. Newamn Sinclair 120 2"lens." Item 6: "Rocket Head. 14 March 1951." Item 7: "Programme 1/51. 11 June 1951. Annular trial with GB [Sarin nerve gas]. Newman Sinclair 400ft 3" lens. 16fps X 105." Item 8: "Programme 33/51. Ten rounds from Aden gun against Churchill tank. Newman Sinclair 16. 6" lens"
  • Alternative Title: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: DED 187
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1948-09-21 1948-05-18 1948-06-15 1948-08-16 1950-07-31 1951-03-14 1951-06-11
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Porton Down (Production company)
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  • Keywords:
  • 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 187

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