HMS MANCHESTER SHOCK TRIAL [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HMS MANCHESTER SHOCK TRIAL [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 2447
  • Other titles: NAVAL WEAPONS TRIALS [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Series of unedited rushes filmed during explosive shock trials administered to Type 42 destroyer «HMS Manchester» (D.95) in September 1984. The series comprises footage filmed using different cameras at different locations and follows all aspects of preparing the vessel and crew for the tests, preparing the depth charges and the test itself. The trials took place off the coast of Southern England, around Portland.
  • Description:
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (ADM 2447)
  • Featured Period: 1976-1989
  • Production Date: 1984
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Defence (Production sponsor) 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: 8 Footage: 3056 ft
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  • Notes: Title: can marked "HMS Manchester - Shock Trial 70/84 NWTC [Naval Weapons Trial Centre]".
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ADM 2447

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