SEA KNIFE/HMS AVENGER SPEED TRIALS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SEA KNIFE/HMS AVENGER SPEED TRIALS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: DEH 81
  • Other titles: SELECTION OF ADMIRALTY RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT TRIALS AND RECORD FILMS AND VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Two related films about speed at sea, one featuring Type 21 frigate «HMS Avenger» (F185) undergoing speed trials on the Solent, Hampshire.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: SELECTION OF ADMIRALTY RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT TRIALS AND RECORD FILMS AND VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: DEH 81
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (DEH 81)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1974
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty Experimental Works, Haslar (Production sponsor)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 200ft ca; Running time: 6 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    DEH 81

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