CHEMICAL WEAPONS TRIALS AT PORTON DOWN [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: CHEMICAL WEAPONS TRIALS AT PORTON DOWN [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: DED 189
  • Other titles: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary:
  • Description: Item 1: "18 March 1941. WP [White Phosporus] Rockets fired from Martin's Farm. 30 rounds" Item 2: "AP Bullets. Runs 1-6. 17 December 1942" Bullet penetrates range gallows - effect after penetration filmed from behind gallows screen. Item 3: "Helicopter spray. 5 April 1949. 40 fps. 3" lens" Item 4: "11 October 1950. Programme 84/50. 25 pdr shell fired at Russian T34 tank. X64. Newman Sinclair camera 120 6" lens" Item 5: "4 June 1951. 100 fps approx. Programme 8/51. 3" lens" Cameraman pans with Newman Sinclair as RAF twin-tailfin jet (Venom or Vampire) passes low over range, spraying. At end, second man examines camera. Item 6: "14 June 1951. Programme 31/51. 1 Round 25 pdr HE Chem fired at Comet. 100 fps. 3" lens" Side view of shell exploding against Comet tank and subsequent dispersal of smoke.
  • Alternative Title: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: DED 189
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1941-03-18
  • 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
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    DED 189

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