OPERATION TOTEM (Short version) [Main Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION TOTEM (Short version) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: AWE 23
  • Other titles: BRITAIN'S ATOMIC WEAPONS RESEARCH PROGRAMME COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Film produced by the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston, documenting Operation Totem, the second of Britain's atomic weapons tests conducted in Australia in 1953.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: BRITAIN'S ATOMIC WEAPONS RESEARCH PROGRAMME COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: AWE 23
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 1953
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Atomic Weapons Research Establishment Film Unit (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound
  • Technical Details: Number of items/reels/tapes: 2 Footage: 1937ft; Running time: 22 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AWE 23

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    AWE 24 (OPERATION TOTEM [Main Title])
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