US TROOPS TAKE PART IN EXERCISE RED TRIDENT, TURKEY, 16 MARCH TO 19 MARCH 1955 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: US TROOPS TAKE PART IN EXERCISE RED TRIDENT, TURKEY, 16 MARCH TO 19 MARCH 1955 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: NAT 1476
  • Other titles: SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: US Navy frogmen (divers/swimmers) prepare "snake" explosive mine charges on beach; the charges are fixed to a mine. Watched by Turkish onlookers, twelve frogmen move out to sea in a line to deploy the mine. Explosion as the mine detonates. Men of the 6th US Marines stage a mock amphibious landing at Saros Bay, Turkey. Vehicles (including jeep and 3/4 ton truck) are craned from transport ship to landing craft. Marines in landing craft descending on rope ladders. The craft head for the beach, where they land. Shots of vehicles (ambulance, DUKW, jeeps, trucks) and Marines.
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  • Alternative Title: SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
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  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: NAT 1476
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  • Access Conditions: IWM NATO © NATO (IWM, NAT 1476)
  • Featured Period: 1945-1989
  • Production Date: 1955-03-1955-03
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  • Production Details:North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Sponsor) Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics:Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details:Footage: 240ft; Running time: c. 2 mins 40 secs
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