Predictor No.1 (general principles)

Accession Number F05081
Collection type Film
Measurement 24 min 17 sec
Object type Training and Technical films
Physical description 35mm/b&w/sound
Place made United Kingdom
Date made 1939-1945
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A British military training film on the Predictor No. 1. Part 1 The gunnery problem and its theoretical solution. Animated diagrams review the problems of anti-aircraft gunnery unassisted by appropriate instruments. Part 2 Method and mechanism. Covers the mathematical solutions and the method of mechanically calculating formulae for gun laying purposes by the use of the predictor. Film includes some scenes of the predictor in operation.

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