PROJECT ORPHEUS [Main Title]

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  • Title: PROJECT ORPHEUS [Main Title]
  • Film Number: AWE 68
  • Other titles: BRITAIN'S ATOMIC WEAPONS RESEARCH PROGRAMME COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Trials film featuring Project Orpheus, an experiment simulating an underground nuclear test in controlled conditions at Greenside Mine, a former tin mine near Callington, Cornwall.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: BRITAIN'S ATOMIC WEAPONS RESEARCH PROGRAMME COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AWE 68
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM (AWE 68)
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 1961
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Atomic Weapons Research Establishment Film Unit (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 3 Footage: 900ft ca; Running time: 25 mins
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    AWE 68

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