Title:HELICOPTER TRIALS ON BOARD HMS FEARLESS OFF SAUNTON SANDS, FEBRUARY 1966 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 571
Other titles:AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS AND TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Series of landing trials with Wessex helicopters on the landing platform HMS Fearless. Camera positions are on board Fearless, both on and above the helicopter deck.
Description: Run I, 22 February 1966. Shots on board Fearless' helipad as two Wessex helicopters come in to land. Their rotors are folded and they are parked. Further helicopter lands and troops embark.
Run II, 23 February 1966. Helicopter landings and take-offs. Flames can be seen coming from the exhausts of one of the helicopters (although this is routine and the aircraft is able to take off successfully). Further landings and take-offs; soldiers disembark from one helicopter, another picks up an underslung load in a net.
Alternative Title:AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS AND TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Series Title]
