RADIO LOCATION (RDF) PART 3 : operational use of Type Nos 281 and 285 [Main Title]

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  • Title: RADIO LOCATION (RDF) PART 3 : operational use of Type Nos 281 and 285 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 2552
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  • Summary: Third in a series of radio location training films.
  • Description: Combination of plenty of warning by RDF combined with good gunnery protects convoys, for example the 1942 Malta convoy. The Type 281 is used to search, give initial warning; the Type 285 then provides continuous range estimates on a target. Views of ops rooms, aerials. Graphics of radar layout of cruiser. Search techniques and gun laying explained.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ADM 2552
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor) B T-H Research Laboratory (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: equipment, British naval - surveillance: RDF (object name) training, British naval - specialist: radio location (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 536 ft; Running time: 15 mins
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    ADM 2552

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