Other titles:NATO DOCUMENTARIES [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: An issue of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s (NATO) film magazine series: The Atlantic Review, focused on the manoeuvrability and long-range striking capabilities of NATO forces in the 1950s.
Description: With members of the United States Southern European Task Force (SETAF) in Italy. Great emphasis is given to NATO’s missile striking-capabilities, covering weapons systems such as the Nike, Honest John and Scorpion missiles. Aerial reconnaissance is also featured, as demonstrated by a Netherlands Royal Air Force jet fitted with a powerful surveillance camera pod.
German Air Force Nord Noratlas troop-carrying aircraft; German armoured troop carriers and the Italian "mountain mule" three-wheel motorcycle trucks are used to demonstrate the effectiveness of NATO manoeuvrability. Practical demonstrations of the "mountain mule" are given to senior NATO military personnel by Italian Alpini troops.
Alternative Title:NATO DOCUMENTARIES [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:NAT 2019
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM NATO
Featured Period:
Production Date:1959
Production Country:
Production Details: NATO INFORMATION SERVICE (Production company)
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Production sponsor)
