TRIALS AT PORTON DOWN [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: TRIALS AT PORTON DOWN [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: DED 178
  • Other titles: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary:
  • Description: Air to ground of bomb in flight, trailing smoke (for visibility?), then exploding into bomblets above ground. Repeat. Aerial views also include landscape and circles below.
  • Alternative Title: PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: DED 178
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1950
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Porton Down (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 370 ft; Running time: 4 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    DED 178

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