EMERGENCY FUEL HANDLING SYSTEM [Main Title]

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  • Title: EMERGENCY FUEL HANDLING SYSTEM [Main Title]
  • Film Number: DEJ 260
  • Other titles: COLLECTION OF NAVAL TRIALS VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Video describing the trials of a rapid deployment fuelling system for the army in out-of-area operations, consisting of a floating fuel tank tethered using a single point mooring system.
  • Description: The system - an SPM (Single Point Mooring) buoy, a floating tank anchored to the ocean floor - is shown being taken to position, released from the deck of an auxiliary vessel and anchored; an underwater fuel pipeline is then attached. At the end of the demonstration, the system components are then hauled back on board. Final shots show the system in storage on land.
  • Alternative Title: COLLECTION OF NAVAL TRIALS VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: DEJ 260
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (DEJ 260)
  • Featured Period: 1990-2000
  • Production Date: 1990-01-01
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Defence (Production sponsor) CS (Photographic) Video Trials Department, Bath (Production company) Parselle, Geoff (Production individual) Parselle, Geoff (Production individual) Pinder, John (Production cast)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: U-matic Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 60; Running time: 36 mins
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