THE 2 INCH ROCKET WEAPON PART 2 : ammunition [Main Title]

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  • Title: THE 2 INCH ROCKET WEAPON PART 2 : ammunition [Main Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 2562-2
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  • Summary: Naming of parts, principles of operation, testing, maintenance and use of the two-inch rocket.
  • Description: A Chief Petty Officer, using graphics and a sectioned drill purpose rocket instructs a group of merchant and naval officers and men. Much emphasis on a regular testing and maintenance, wind influence on rockets and 'aiming off' for moving targets is explained in great detail, since (accelerating) rockets act in exactly opposite fashion to (decelerating) artillery projectiles.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ADM 2562-2
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor) Royal Navy Film Section (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: training, British naval - weapons (object name) weapons, British naval - rocket: 2 inch rocket (object name) Animation (concept) Instruction (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 932 ft; Running time: 10 mins
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