EMBARKATION TRIALS FOR LST(2) [Allocated Title]

Log in to create clips, download free screeners and save clips/films in Collections. Click here to find out more.


  • Title: EMBARKATION TRIALS FOR LST(2) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 986
  • Other titles: INVASION EQUIPMENT TRIALS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary:
  • Description: A series of vehicles and tows are driven on and off a LST(2) drying out on a hard sand beach: Matador tractor towing a 5.5 in gun; Guy Quad with No 27 trailer and 25-pounder, seen disembarking only; and a Scammell Pioneer with a 7.2 in howitzer. A Vehicle Landing Ramp (cf ADM 956) is added for disembarkation trials with additional vehicles and combinations: D-4 tractor; Foden 10-ton 6x4 DG/6 truck; Matador and 3.7 in AA; Bedford QLB with Bofors on Mk 2 carriage; Scammell 20-ton 6x4-8 semi-trailer tank transporter. For the descent of the transporter, the LCT's ramp is raised to a horizontal position, and a sleeper bridge placed between the Scammell's front wheels, to counteract the articulation - when the critical point has passed, the sleeper is removed, the ramp lowered, and the Scammell drives onto the VLR.
  • Alternative Title: INVASION EQUIPMENT TRIALS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: ADM 986
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943
  • Production Country: GB (?)
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - amphibious: LST[2] (object name) weapons, British - gun: 5.5-inch (object name) weapons, British - gun: 7.2-inch howitzer (object name) weapons, British - gun: 3.7-inch anti-aircraft (object name) weapons, British - gun: 25-pounder (object name) weapons, British - gun: 40mm Bofors (object name) transport, British military - prime mover: Scammell Pioneer (object name) transport, British military - prime mover: AEC Matador (object name) transport, British military - prime mover: Guy Quad (object name) transport, British military - prime mover: Bedford QLB (object name) transport, British military - truck, special: Scammell Transporter 20-ton 6x4-8 (object name) transport, British military - truck: Foden 10-ton 6x4 (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 745 ft; Running time: 8 mins
  • HD Media:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ADM 986

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:
Register