Other titles:PORTON DOWN VIDEO COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Night exercise to practise the disposal of an explosive chemical device.
Description: (Tape 1) Team arrives on location (waste ground) and sets up equipment: generator, lights, anemometer. Members put on NBC suits and prepare testing sticks with detector paper. Checks are made on the device and the extent of contamination is gauged.
(Tape 2) Contaminated area is sprayed. Samples and contaminated material are bagged and returned to a decontamination point where they are checked with a CAM (Chemical Agent Monitor).
Alternative Title:PORTON DOWN VIDEO COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
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Object_Number:DED 228
Sound:Sound
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Production Date:1991-12-10
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down, Photographic Section (Production company)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: None
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: Beta-SP (Ampex)
Number of items/reels/tapes: 2
Footage: 20; Running time: 31 mins
