Title:TRIALS OF ALLIS CHALMERS BUCKET LOADER, BRAUNTON BURROWS AND INSTOW, NOVEMBER 1969 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 584
Other titles:AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS AND TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: An Allis Chambers heavy tractor, complete with hydraulic bucket, undergoes various suitability trials.
Description: The tractor drives on board a landing craft (L710). Shots from beach at Instow, a little shaky, show L710 parked with its ramp down; families and children walk past (as this is a public beach).
On Braunton Burrows sand dunes, the tractor uses its bucket to move stones and earth.
Tractor drives off HMAV Agheila (L4002), a tank landing craft, into the water at Instow; it wades ashore (accompanying vessels include a small open boat and a DUKW). The loader is also seen driving on and off L709.
Yard at the Amphibious Experimental Establishment; the loader is fitted with a large bobbin onto which cable is dispensed.
Alternative Title:AMPHIBIOUS TRIALS AND TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL MARINES [Allocated Series Title]
