Other titles:PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:
Description: Item 1: "German bombs proximity burst. (Inflamed). 3" lens. 120fps X16."[Ilford stock so undateable. Unrelated trials in same can dated from February 1949.]
Item 2: "Programme 2/49. 2 March 1949. 40 3" lens." Vessels with pipes outside hut with scientist on left observing.
Item 3: "Programme 4/49. 2 March 1949.1 Run. Vampire aircraft fitted SCI. Smoke screen from 100 ft."
Item 4: "High speed low level spray. Vinten camera 150. 6" lens.22 August 1950. X58" Jet makes low pass over range. (35 ft)
Item 5: "Programme 96/50. 12 February 1951. 2" lens 40 fps. Penetration of "G" [GB? ie Sarin nerve agent] into Trenches". Men mark out trial area with poles and chequer boards marking trench layout. Explosion and cloud dispersal observed by scientist (?) in uniform standing on left.
Item 6: "20 February 1951. Oil jets. Mr Sinclair E.S. Vinten camera 70 fps. 6 " lens. 170 shutter." Scientist in laboratory controls jet spray flow from nozzle over domestic jug. (123 ft)
Item 7: "Programme 107/50. 27 February 1951. 3 B/E.I. bombs Comet (tank) 3 feet above ground. Newman Sinclair 40. 3" lens." Men set up measuring area before explosion.
Item 8: "6 March 1951. SCI Demonstration, South Camp. Newman Sinclair 16 fps." Plane makes dramatic dive before peeling away emitting smoke, almost doing loop the loop, past corrugated iron shed.
Item 9: "Ventilation trial for Delaney" ca April 1951.
Alternative Title:PORTON DOWN TRIALS NITRATE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
