Title:F-SCHLEPPER MIT WALTER-ANTRIEB FAHRTEN IM GELANDE [Main Title]
Film Number:GWY 1528
Other titles:TRIALS OF THE REMOTE-CONTROLLED F-SCHLEPPER (DEMOLITION-CHARGE CARRIER) [Translation]
Summary: Trials film of the prototype of a remote-controlled, fully tracked vehicle, probably intended as a demolition explosives carrier.
Description: Titles throughout. The tractor is backed out of its transporter. MS as the engine cover is removed. Title gives performance data on the 'Walter-Antrieb'. CU of engine. Study of components. The F-Schlepper is fuelled from the carrier vehicle and then tested - MS as a man drives it at speed over a snowy landscape - a prominent vapour trail is left by the two high exhaust stacks. Radio controlled travel is then demonstrated. MS of radio van and the tractor travelling on remote control. Fine weather. Title notes that in warmer conditions there is scarcely any visible development of steam. The film ends with the tractor, still on remote, climbing a 30 degree incline. Title gives performance data.
Alternative Title:TRIALS OF THE REMOTE-CONTROLLED F-SCHLEPPER (DEMOLITION-CHARGE CARRIER) [Translation]
