Title:TRIALS OF SEA TRUCK MK II, 21 NOVEMBER 1973 (NEGATIVE) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 485
Other titles:AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS AND TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The larger, Mark II version of the Sea Truck undergoes trials with the armed forces.
Description: Landing drills with Land Rover and LCM(9) L708. Sea Truck is lowered by crane into the water from a quayside; the truck has three outboard motors. Sea Truck (in army livery) is seen at sea carrying a Royal Navy Land Rover (marked "HMS Intrepid"); it carries out various manoeuvres at speed. Further sequences show the Sea Truck coming alongside LCM(9) L708, carrying troops, carrying a Land Rover and then carrying troops again. There is also a beach landing sequence.
Alternative Title:AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS AND TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
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Object_Number:BFM 485
Sound:Silent
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Production Date:1973-11-21
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Bachell, R C (Production individual)
