AIDS TO AMPHIBIANS- ROCKET ASSISTANCE AT DIFFICULT BANK [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AIDS TO AMPHIBIANS- ROCKET ASSISTANCE AT DIFFICULT BANK [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: DEG 24
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  • Summary: Experimenting with various arrangements of Starling 2 rocket motors to assist a tracked vehicle, in this case a FV 402 powered by an electric motor and remotely controlled, to climb prepared dry and wet slopes including extricating from water. The rockets fire when the track or engine stall. Trials carried out at RPE Westcott.
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  • Object_Number: DEG 24
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (DEG 24)
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  • Production Date: 1962-03-07
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Fighting Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 504ft; Running time: 14 mins
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    DEG 24

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