Title:AMPHIBIOUS TRIAL FV 433 (ABBOT), RIVER TAW, AUGUST 1965 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 521
Other titles:AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS AND TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The amphibious version of the Abbot self-propelled gun, with flotation screen, is tested.
Description: The vehicle is seen in the water and driving onto the beach, where the flotation collar and exhaust piping can clearly be seen (the turret and all but the tip of the 105mm gun visible). Scenes, shot from various viewpoints, show the vehicle driving into the water, out in the estuary and driving back onto land again. The gun is also seen driving across the sand and in the shallows, and travellling upriver in the Taw.
Alternative Title:AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS AND TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Series Title]