Title:LCM(9) DISEMBARKING TANKS AND VEHICLES, EASTNEY, APRIL 1966 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 568
Other titles:AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS AND TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Trials of the Landing Craft Mechanised (Mark 9) at Eastney, near Portsmouth; smaller LCVP(2) landing craft personnel are also seen.
Description: (Amphibious Experimental Establishment caption at the beginning.) Various landing craft approach the beach at Eastney. Ramp doors are lowered; tanks and a Michigan tractor fitted with Class 30 track dispenser are disembarked. A Michigan heavy fork lift truck assists in the raising of the ramp door on LCM(9) L700.
Four LCVP(2) small landing craft (marked F5, F6, F7 and F8) approach beach, disembark troops and then sail away. LCM(9) F3 comes ashore and discharges trucks, Land Rovers and a tank. A man holds up a yellow flag as two more landing craft approach; helicopter flies overhead.
Alternative Title:AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS AND TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Series Title]
