OPERATION OZONE 1954 - A FOOTNOTE TO THE CAULDRON FILM

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: DED 87).

Synopsis

Detailed report (presuming prior screening of Operation Cauldron film) on trials carried out at Green Cay, Bahamas (from 1/1954 to 6/1954) of spraying toxic agent (flown from Fort Dietrich, USA) over arc of sampling points, mapped by radar on HMS Ben Lomond.

Notes

Summary: Operation Ozone saw a return to a site twenty miles off Nassau (Bahamas) to acquire more data on spraying agents and for the first time, on a virus. (Gradon Carter, 1992)

 

Titles

  • OPERATION OZONE 1954 - A FOOTNOTE TO THE CAULDRON FILM
Series Title:
PORTON DOWN TRIALS NON-NITRATE COLLECTION - UNLISTED
 

Technical Data

Year:
1954
Running Time:
19 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm
Colour:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Footage:
715 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB
Sponsor
Ministry of Supply Micro Research
commentator
Morton, John
director
Morton, John
Production company
Porton Down