SMOKE MACHINE LOCATIONS

London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony
The ceremony depicted the industrial revolution in Britain and utilised 9 Rocket smoke machines (5 Rocket QD quick dispersing units in the beam engines and the crucible and 4 x PS23R persistent units in the cranes), along with a number of Spirit 900 units in the chimneys. Also, Mini Rockets and Micro Rockets were used in moving props and puppets.

Smoke effects in the ceremony watched by an estimated 1 billion people included:

Smoking cottage chimney in rural pre-show scene
Smoke emerging from beneath the tree atop the hill from where the workers walk out
7 large chimneys
Large mechanical beam engines and cranes
Smoking funnels of Windrush ship
Children's storybook character puppets
River of molten iron to form a ring
Hazers around perimeter of performance area (believed to be Stadium Hazers)

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