SHIP'S MAGNETISM AND DEGAUSSING PART 3: SHIP'S TEMPORARY MAGNETISM [Main Title]

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  • Title: SHIP'S MAGNETISM AND DEGAUSSING PART 3: SHIP'S TEMPORARY MAGNETISM [Main Title]
  • Film Number: DRN 86C
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  • Summary: A Naval instructional film explaining how magnetic induction occurs in soft metal parts of a ship due to the Earth's magnetic field, which varies according to which direction the ship is moving. The effect on the ship's compass and the methods taken to compensate for this are shown.
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  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: DRN 86C
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor) Byron Pictures (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 500 ft (ca); Running time: 14 mins
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    DRN 86C

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