MORRIS CONVEYOR [Main Title]

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  • Title: MORRIS CONVEYOR [Main Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 951
  • Other titles: INVASION EQUIPMENT TRIALS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Trial of the Morris conveyor, a means of assisting in the discharge of vessels to a quay where damage prevents ships lying alongside.
  • Description: First sequence shows a conveyor set up to span the distance between a pontoon and the shore - the stores-ship off-loads cargo onto the pontoon, where cases are removed from the cargo nets and placed on the conveyor belt, which transfers them to shore and waiting GS trucks (Commer 4x2 3 tonners and Bedford OY). End MS sequence shows two conveyors assembled in series to enable ships to be worked on neap tides - various CUs of the drive mechanism, men loading the moving belt with practice cans and boxes marked for 4.2 in mortar ammunition, and the transfer of stores to trucks along the roller conveyor.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Production Details: Combined Operations Headquarters (Production sponsor) US Naval Film Unit (Production company) Office of Strategic Services (for) (Production company)
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  • Keywords: engineering, military, British - Mulberry: Morris Conveyor (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 340 ft; Running time: 4 mins
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