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Other titles:BRITAIN'S ATOMIC WEAPONS RESEARCH PROGRAMME COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Trials film featuring the balloon hoist system used during Operation Grapple 'Z'. Testing carried out at RAF Cardington in Bedfordshire by AWRE trials units F6A and C30 in conjunction with the RAF Balloon Unit. Includes exterior views of the First World War airship sheds at Cardington, and a simulation using benches of how to raise the weapons cradle used to suspend the weapons beneath the barrage balloons.
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Alternative Title:BRITAIN'S ATOMIC WEAPONS RESEARCH PROGRAMME COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]