MALKARA ANTI-TANK MISSILE TRIALS, LIBYA: TRIALS M15-18 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: MALKARA ANTI-TANK MISSILE TRIALS, LIBYA: TRIALS M15-18 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: DEA 45
  • Other titles: COLLECTION OF FILMS FROM DERA ABERPORTH [Allocated Title]
  • Summary: Captioned tests of trial runs using the Australian Malkara anti-tank missile in the Libyan desert, late 1950s-early 1960s.
  • Description:
  • Access Conditions:
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1960
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Aircraft Establishment (Production sponsor)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 1258 ft
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  • Notes: Summary: adapted from original Aberporth documentation. RAE Aberporth launcher officers and photographic staff supported a trial in the Libyan desert (ca the late 1950s/early 1960s) as part of the UK's evaluation of the Australian MALKARA Anti Tank Missile. This is one of four films which refer to that trial.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    DEA 45

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    DEA 43 (MALKARA ANTI-TANK MISSILE TRIALS, LIBYA [Allocated Title]) DEA 44 (MALKARA ANTI-TANK MISSILE TRIALS, LIBYA: TRIALS M12-14 [Allocated Title]) DEA 46 (MALKARA ANTI-TANK MISSILE TRIALS, LIBYA: TRIALS M15-16 [Allocated Title])
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