SPINNING BOMB (ABBERTON) DROPPED FROM LINCOLN AIRCRAFT [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SPINNING BOMB (ABBERTON) DROPPED FROM LINCOLN AIRCRAFT [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: DED 56
  • Other titles: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NON-NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Trial to test spinning disc technology for aerial scattering of toxins.
  • Description: Run I shows smoke marker trial from bomb up to point of bursting. Air sequence showing burst removed for inclusion in another film. Run II bomb dropping: rotation characteristics shown well. Bursting and subsequent scatter of chedlet discs.
  • Alternative Title: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NON-NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: DED 56
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1954
  • 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 Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 100 ft
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    DED 56

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