TUCUMCARI [Main Title]

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  • Title: TUCUMCARI [Main Title]
  • Film Number: DEH 74
  • Other titles: SELECTION OF ADMIRALTY RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT TRIALS AND RECORD FILMS AND VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: A film produced by the Admiralty Experiment Works (AEW), Haslar, Gosport, Hampshire, taken during the sea tests of hydrofoil vessel «USS Tucumcari» (PGH-2) of the United States Navy, as it is being evaluated by the Royal Navy. The film is lengthy footage of the vessel displaying straight line speed and tight turning capabilities and was filmed 29 and 30 June 1971 on a Loch in Scotland.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: SELECTION OF ADMIRALTY RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT TRIALS AND RECORD FILMS AND VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: DEH 74
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (DEH 74)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1971
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty Experimental Works, Haslar (Production sponsor)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 2 Footage: 1578ft; Running time: 44 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    DEH 74

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