Title:FV 432 (PROTOTYPE) TRIALS IN THE TAW ESTUARY AND CROW POINT, DEVON [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 583
Other titles:AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS AND TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Early prototypes of the FV432 armoured personnel carrier are trialled in the River Taw.
Description: (B&W) An amphibious version of the FV432 (with flotation screen) seen both in and out of the water; DUKWs are alongside carrying observers. Static shots of a standard (non-amphibious) FV432 at the Amphibious Experimental Establishment are followed by further trials of the amphibious version, entering the water and driving out again up a steep sand bank.
(Colour) Multiple views of the amphibious FV432 driving out of the water, from various angles and in a number of different lighting conditions. The FV432 afloat in the River Taw
Alternative Title:AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS AND TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Series Title]