EXOCET MISSILE TEST FIRING FROM HMS CHARYBDIS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: EXOCET MISSILE TEST FIRING FROM HMS CHARYBDIS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 2443
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  • Summary: Fixed camera footage taken during the “Hardy trials” in 1983, of an Exocet missile being test fired from Leander class frigate «HMS Charybdis» (F.75). «HMS Hardy» (F.54) was a Blackwood class anti submarine warfare frigate that was sunk as a target during the trials.
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  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: ADM 2443
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (ADM 2443)
  • Featured Period: 1976-1989
  • Production Date: 1983
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Naval Weapons Trials Centre Film and Video Unit (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 399 ft
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