THE 2 INCH ROCKET WEAPON PART 1 : introductory [Main Title]

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  • Title: THE 2 INCH ROCKET WEAPON PART 1 : introductory [Main Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 2562-1
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  • Summary: The advantages of the two-inch rocket, fired in groups of about 12, over conventional AA guns.
  • Description: During a (badly edited) fictional night attack on a convoy, an attacking plane is shot down by rockets from a cargo ship rather than the very heavy concentration of gunfire that is also being produced. On shore a naval CPO explains the advantages of the rocket to an assortment of naval and merchant officers and men. These are: (1) large explosive charge; (2) no recoil; (3) no below the decks storage; (4) cheap to make; (5) several are fired at once. this advantage is explained by an amusing cartoon of duck shooting, first with a rifle, then with a shotgun.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ADM 2562-1
  • 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: 748 ft; Running time: 8 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ADM 2562-1

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    ADM 605 (THE 2-INCH ROCKET WEAPON PART 1: INTRODUCTORY (RUSHES) [Allocated Title])
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