Title:UNIFLOTE PONTOON TRIALS FROM SS EMPIRE BALTIC, SOUTHAMPTON, FEBRUARY 1961 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 562
Other titles:AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS AND TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Sections of Uniflote pontoons, being transported on the sides of the Landing Ship, Tank Empire Baltic (HMS LST 3519), have their connecting strings released and lowered into the water, where the various protions of the pontoons are strung together to make a large floating platform. Two sequences. At the end of the second, a tug brings further sections of the Uniflote. A sailor is also seen descending a precarious rope ladder at the stern of Empire Baltic.
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Alternative Title:AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS AND TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Series Title]
