Title:FUNCTIONING OF ANTI RIOT DEVICES (CS) WITH OBSERVERS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:DED 61
Other titles:PORTON DOWN TRIALS NON-NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: CS trials carried out between 10 May 1957 and 29 May 1957.
Description: 0-100 A. Observers acting as riot mob throwing stones under simulated riot conditions. CS cloud released up wind of "mob", close-ups of "rioters", then retreat when condition became untenable. "Mob" running through CS cloud.
100-200 B. Stone-throwing then retreat after subjection to CS cloud. Running through cloud. Close ups of observers after.
200-300 C. Ten CS generators in line upwind of observers, operation of generators, men stone-throwing, retreating after CS cloud envelops them. Close-ups of affected men. Men running through cloud.
300-400 D. Stone-throwing, CS passing over men from concentration put up by Very pistols. Men retreating then close-ups of after effects. General record of VIPs and spectators attending demonstration.
400-500 E. Three groups of "demonstrators", each successively further from CS source, each stone-throwing until overcome by CS, then retreat.
Alternative Title:PORTON DOWN TRIALS NON-NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
