OBANOKORO TRIALS 52-55, NIGERIA

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: DED 44).

Synopsis

0-400 E. Trials personnel arriving at Port Harcourt Airport: Scenes at airport: Railway: Native Dwellings: Marking out trials area: Recoilless gun being emplaced: Firing shell burst and cloud passage: Second round fired: Loading Recoilless gun and hoisting to firing position: Native flora: Logs in river en route to mill: canoes: Recoilless gun firing: Native market: Firing 25 pounder gun moving to trials site: Firing: Water sports various races. Personnel leaving by air: Native market: Shell burst on layout.

400-800 F. Shell burst over layout cloud passage etc: Canoeing: Swimming sports: Tug of War: Guns in field firing: Transport: Recoilless gun firing burst and cloud passage: Mortar emplacement: Mortar shell bursting: mortar shell crater: Mortar shell burst: approach track to trials site: Shell bursts: Flora: Camp site at sunset: Building Construction: Magazine compound: Ironing in Laundry: Pay parade: Routs (?) at river ferry: River traffic: Colonial Houses: Trials buildings: Native workmen: Village scenes: Port Harcourt Race Course: Airport:

800-1200 G. Sampling layout with sheep: Multiple burst cloud passage: Trials personnel: Sheep in pens: Chemical cloud passing sampling points and animals: undressing, removal of protective clothing (?). CW Spray over animals sheep: Multiple burst cloud passes over sampling area: VIP visitors: Meteorological equipment: Sampling Arc: Sheep tethered on sampling arc. Multiple shell burst passage of cloud over layout.

Notes

Technical Condition: Good

Technical (IWM): reels 45E and 45F are colour, reel 45G is black and white.

 

Titles

  • OBANOKORO TRIALS 52-55, NIGERIA (Allocated)
Series Title:
PORTON DOWN TRIALS NON-NITRATE COLLECTION
 

Technical Data

Year:
1955
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm
Colour:
Colour
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
1200 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB
Production company
Porton Down