Title:BRITISH ARMY CHEMICAL WARFARE ARTILLERY EXERCISE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:DED 183
Other titles:PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: (Leader marked "DM Officers and Men Gun Crew" precedes first trial, till 371 ft). Trials film records British Army six-man gun crews firng medium artillery from hill overlooking Porton, first with respirators, then without, observed by scientist (tall, ca 45 years old, not wearing mask), as smoke cloud drifts across firing site. Possibly to test accuracy of gun aiming during gas warfare.
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Alternative Title:PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
