FV432 TRIALS AT CROW POINT, INSTOW, JANUARY 1964 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: FV432 TRIALS AT CROW POINT, INSTOW, JANUARY 1964 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFM 586
  • Other titles: AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS AND TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Soldiers (Royal Scots?) assist with the trials of an amphibious version of the FV432 armoured personnel carrier.
  • Description: Soldiers load ammunition and jerrycans on board the vehicle, are weighed and then get on board (wearing lifejackets). Flotation screen is raised. Soldiers practice escaping through the top hatch. Screen raised, the vehicle drives into the water: beach and amphibious scenes. Abbot self-propelled gun and FV432 on board LCM(9) L3508; FV432 (screen up) drives from the landing craft into the water.
  • Alternative Title: AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS AND TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: BFM 586
  • Sound: Silent
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  • Production Date: 1964-01
  • Production Country: GB
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 375 ft; Running time: 8 mins
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