Title:EXERCISE HEN PHEASANT, PORTSMOUTH, 9-10 DECEMBER 1968 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 551
Other titles:AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS AND TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Various Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers vehicles are loaded on board a Landing Platform, Dock (LPD, possibly HMS Fearless) at King's Stairs Hard, Portsmouth Dockyard.
Description: Interior of the dock on board the LPD as vehicles and equipment are brought on board and stored (vehicles are seen driving up ramp to the upper deck). LVM(9) landing craft F3 sails into the dock and lowers its ramp door; lorries with equipment trailers and Land Rovers drive off and are parked. Various other types of equipment are brought on board by LCMs. Vehicles and equipment are also loaded back onto the LCMs. Final sequence shows a Land Rover manoeuvring two small trailers, in tandem, on board the LPD.
Alternative Title:AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS AND TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Series Title]
