OPERATION 'HANGOVER TWO' [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION 'HANGOVER TWO' [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: DED 40
  • Other titles: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NON-NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Troops (Royal Wiltshire Regiment shoulder flashes) advancing through scrub and advancing on open ground. Troops being briefed at start of exercise. Rifle firing detail taking up numbered positions prior to engaging target. Troops firing at target. 2nd detail taking up firing positions. Bren gun detail firing at target. Further rifle firing details engaging target. Troops deployed over countryside and taking up defensive positions. [Trial to test fighting capacity of troops exposed to nerve gas sarin (GB).]
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NON-NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: DED 40
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1955
  • 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: 639 ft
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    DED 40

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