Title:RANGE SECTION ACTIVITIES: EXAMPLES FROM TRIAL WYVERN, BEAD ALTITUDE TEST AND OPERATION CORNELIUS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:DED 243
Other titles:PORTON DOWN VIDEO COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Compilation of trials footage showing activities at Porton Down range.
Description: I. "Trial Wyvern - Wessex". Chemical contamination trials with Wessex helicopter.
II. Trial Wyvern - Puma". Chemical contamination trials with Puma helicopter.
III. "Trial Wyvern - Chinook". Chemical contamination trials with Chinook helicopter.
IV. "Beads From Altitude". Trial showing the dispersal of thousands of red and green beads dropped from apparatus underslung from a Gazelle helicopter in flight - array of buckets in grid formation on the ground is used to measure the spread of the tiny beads.
V. "Operation Cornelius". Footage of a trial showing controlled range firing into tents from apparatus set up on poles. Explosive trials including canisters of chlorine gas, tents and sandbags.
Alternative Title:PORTON DOWN VIDEO COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
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Object_Number:DED 243
Sound:Silent
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Featured Period:
Production Date:1995
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment, Porton Down, Media Services (Production company)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: U-matic (large) (Ampex)
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 30; Running time: 17 mins
