Title:EXERCISE LIFELINE, WEST ANGLE BAY, APRIL 1966 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 494
Other titles:AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS AND TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: LCM(9) landing craft from HMS Fearless take part in an amphibious exercise.
Description: Landing craft F2 comes ashore and Land Rovers disembark and drive along trackway on beach.
Cameraman's slate "23-4-66 Fearless LCM9 Run I Lifeline". Various vehicles on beach - including heavy tractors, BARV and Bedford lorries. F3 lands: Land Rovers drive off.
"Run II". Beach views with LCM in background. (Section of leader with the date 15-6-67 - presumably the edit date, not the shooting date.) Forklift tractor drives on board F2. BARV approaches. Landing craft F7 comes ashore, followed by F1 and F4, both of which are carrying Land Rovers.
"Run III". Senior staff (Army and Navy) watching the beach below. Landing craft F2 returns, and Land Rovers drive up the beach via trackway. Closer shots of F1 landing.
"Run IV". A large number of (multinational ?) officers watch as landing craft F4 comes ashore and Land Rovers drive off (one has "Gnr Morgan" chalked on the side. Various cameramen can be seen. On the clifftop, Wessex helicopters wait for the officers' departure.
"Run V". Beach landing by F3; Land Rovers disembark. Further landings are seen (note cameraman with tripod filming the proceedings). Trucks drive aboard. F4 lands. BARV assists in closing the ramp on a BARV.
Alternative Title:AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS AND TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Series Title]
