MINISTERO DELL' AERONAUTICA DIREZIONE SUPERIORE DEGLI STUDI E DELLE ESPERIENZE GUIDONIA [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: MINISTERO DELL' AERONAUTICA DIREZIONE SUPERIORE DEGLI STUDI E DELLE ESPERIENZE GUIDONIA [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MAY 633
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  • Summary: Wind tunnel and water tank research at Guidonia.
  • Description: The film opens with a general view of the establishment. Details, diagrams and film show four different types of wind tunnel and some experimental work in progress. Included is a supersonic wind tunnel. The film then shows the large hydrodynamic test tank with both a low speed and a high speed car on which test bodies are mounted. Close-ups of the measuring and recording apparatus are given and shots of the transformer and power room.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: MAY 633
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1940
  • Production Country: Italy
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English & Italian Subtitle language: English & Italian
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 2 Footage: 1939 ft; Running time: 21 mins
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