100 TON BLAST [Main Title]

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  • Title: 100 TON BLAST [Main Title]
  • Film Number: AWE 15
  • Other titles: BRITAIN'S ATOMIC WEAPONS RESEARCH PROGRAMME COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Trials film focusing on a multinational experiment to investigate the effects of detonating 100 tons of high explosive, by measuring the resulting high intensity shock and blast waves. The experiment was conducted at the Canadian Atomic Energy Ordnance Range at Suffield in Alberta, Canada.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: BRITAIN'S ATOMIC WEAPONS RESEARCH PROGRAMME COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: AWE 15
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM (AWE 15)
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  • Production Date: 1960
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Atomic Weapons Research Establishment Film Unit (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound
  • Technical Details: Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 900ft (ca); Running time: 25 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AWE 15

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