HMS REPULSE FIRES A POLARIS MISSILE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HMS REPULSE FIRES A POLARIS MISSILE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 2021
  • Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: A Polaris A3 breaks through the surface of the sea - unfortunately not at the point where the camera is pointing - and climbs away to be lost in the distance. Over-exposed throughout.
  • Description:
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (ADM 2021)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1968
  • Production Country: GB
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  • Keywords: weapons, United States naval - missile: Polaris A3 & [British] (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 100 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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  • Notes: Technical: a black and white print off an Ektachrome original Remarks: once again an astonishingly incompetent piece of camerawork. See Remarks to ADM 3913
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ADM 2021

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