AUSTRALIAN MUSTARD GAS TRIALS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AUSTRALIAN MUSTARD GAS TRIALS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: DED 17
  • Other titles: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NON-NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Stores coming ashore. Aircraft drops bombs on foreshore of island. Trials party on sampling layout. Collecting samples. Personnel en route to base. HQ area with living quarters. Field kitchen. Large lizard: snakes. Personnel of Australian Army Women's Service. General views of island. LCM leaving island.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NON-NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour (Kodachrome)
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  • Object_Number: DED 17
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942
  • Production Country: Australia
  • Production Details: Australian Field Experimental Station (Production sponsor)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour (Kodachrome) Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 320 ft
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    DED 17

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