OPERATION 'HANGOVER': SPECIAL TITLES INSERTED TO ASSESS SUBLIMINAL APPRECIATION BY AN AUDIENCE OF TROOPS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION 'HANGOVER': SPECIAL TITLES INSERTED TO ASSESS SUBLIMINAL APPRECIATION BY AN AUDIENCE OF TROOPS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: DED 25
  • Other titles: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NON-NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Troops marching mcu (medium close up). Troops marching distance. Troops deploying on approaching objective. Sighting enemy. Skirmish. Operating under smoke screen cover. Donning respirators on receiving gas alert. Gas alert over. Troops widely deployed. Support weapons arriving. Moving up into smoke screen. Skirmish: Bren gun in action. Troops advancing into smoke screen. Communications. Bren Carrier. Simulated Mortar action. Field canteen. Film is interpersed with titles between one and twelve frames long eg "Danger ahead", "War is bad" and "A Skirmish". [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 25
  • 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: 300 ft
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    DED 25

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