Title:TRIALS OF APFCS, POOLE HARD, 20 SEPTEMBER 1974 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 564
Other titles:AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS AND TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Trials of the APFC (air portable fuel container) - a short, rubberised, collapsible container for fuels and other liquids.
Description: Land Rover tows a filled APFC off LCVP using chains. Another APFC (also filled) is manhandled by personnel, dragged into a car park and has its stability tested. More APFCs are moved from LCM by crane (soldiers are assisted by two men in jackets - both of whom are smoking pipes); others are rolled across the yard at Poole.
Alternative Title:AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS AND TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Series Title]