Title:AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS: TRANSFER OPERATION, 9 NOVEMBER 1972 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 500
Other titles:AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS AND TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Transfer of armour from Mexeflote floating platform onto a Landing Craft Mechanised (Mark 9).
Description: Scenes on board Mexeflote, on which armoured vehicles are embarked. LCM(9) L710 approaches, and lowers her ramp door so that it rests on the end of the Mexeflote. It is secured, and the armour (including a tank and an armoured personnel carrier) drive on board the landing craft.
Scenes on board LCM(9) as it approaches and docks with Mexeflote. Views from vessel alsongside show armour being winched aboard the landing craft (L710 again); there is a lot of activity. After the armour has been transferred, L710 disengages and sets off.
Alternative Title:AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS AND TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Series Title]
