DROP LAUNCH OF LCM(3) 1243 IN QUAYSIDE TEST [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: DROP LAUNCH OF LCM(3) 1243 IN QUAYSIDE TEST [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 997
  • Other titles: INVASION EQUIPMENT TRIALS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary:
  • Description: Test launch of LCM(3) 1243 from an improvised platform on the quayside at Devonport - camera holds on LCM as it drifts away after the launch, closing to CUs off the port quarter and from astern. Various ships are visible in the background - a demilitarised Bourrasque Class destroyer (Ouragon ?), HMS Despatch (before conversion for HQ rôle), ex-monitor HMS Drake, HNMS Sumatra, and a La Galissonniere Class light cruiser (?), lying bows on to camera.
  • Alternative Title: INVASION EQUIPMENT TRIALS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: ADM 997
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943
  • Production Country: USA (?)
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, LCM 1243 (regiment/service) Royal Navy, DESPATCH (HMS), light cruiser (regiment/service) Royal Navy, DRAKE (HMS), training ship (regiment/service) Royal Netherlands Navy & Sumatra (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - cruiser: Despatch (object name) ships, British naval - harbour: Drake (object name) ships, British naval - amphibious: LCM[3] 1243 (object name) ships, Dutch naval - cruiser: Sumatra (object name) Devonport, Devon, England, UK (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 110 ft; Running time: 1 min
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    ADM 997

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