SHIP'S MAGNETISM AND DEGAUSSING PART 9: RANGING, DEPERMING AND WIPING [Main Title]

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  • Title: SHIP'S MAGNETISM AND DEGAUSSING PART 9: RANGING, DEPERMING AND WIPING [Main Title]
  • Film Number: DRN 86I
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  • Summary: A Naval instructional film which explains various methods of Ranging to determine a ship's vertical magnetic field prior to degaussing (permanently removing or neutralising the magnetic field). The processes of Deperming, the removal or neutralising of permanent longitudinal magnetism from a ship, and Wiping, used to degausse smaller ships, are outlined.
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  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: DRN 86I
  • 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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