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

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:
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Featured Period: 1945-1975
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
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])