COXE SPECIAL FILM NO 1 [Main Title]
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- Title: COXE SPECIAL FILM NO 1 [Main Title]
- Film Number: ADM 1015
- Other titles: INVASION EQUIPMENT TRIALS [Allocated Series Title]
- Summary: Wading trials by motor transport, armour and an airfield construction group. Demonstration of the Composite Utility Vehicle.
- Description: I. "MT, 3 ft wading". LCT 374 in harbour trials disembarks Morris 10HP light utility, followed by two Humber FWD heavy utilities, and a 15-cwt Morris-Commercial CS8, which stalls, leaving a 8 cwt Morris-Commercial PU 8/4 waiting on the vehicle ramp. Morris Quad and two Leyland Retrievers are unloaded. II. LCT 148 disembarks LVT(1) Alligator into deep water. LVT then reverses back up into the craft - second LVT is alongside on the port quarter. III. Valentine III reverses onto, and then drives off LCT 148, and wades ashore from a disembarkation into 3 ft of water. Ram II and Churchill IV are disembarked into 3 ft and 6 ft depths respectively. Matilda disembarked onto a floating wooden pier to run ashore. IV. "MT wading through surf". Karrier K6 follows camera vehicle from beach into slight surf - Leyland Retriever and other vehicles follow. Similar trial with light vehicles - 15-cwt CS8 and Humber heavy utility - Giraffe (Bedford QL with elevated engine and cab) tows ashore a 2-1/2 ton 6x6 GMC cargo truck and 8-cwt Morris. Humber heavy utility returns to the beach, followed by a flat bed Commer Q2 (?). V. "Composite Utility Vehicle". Tractor tows three tracked wagons along the beach. CUs of road wheels and tracks of prime mover and trailers. The tractor attempts to reverse with a small 11-ton cargo trailer on tow, but the trailer digs in and tractor jackknifes upwards. VI. "Airfield Construction Group wading". LCT 340 disembarks Dodge 3-ton 6x4 breakdown gantry, D-4 tractor, and 4 yard scrapper. LCM(3) 529 disembarks D-7 bulldozer towing 8 yard scrapper. 10RB (Ruston-Bucyrus) and 19RB excavators on 15-20RB trailers are manoeuvred by Matador and D-7 on and off of LCT(4) and LCT(5) 2438. 10RB then moves directly off and back onto LCT(3). VII. Rota-trailer is manhandled up the vehicle ramp into LCT(4) 589.
- Alternative Title: INVASION EQUIPMENT TRIALS [Allocated Series Title]
- Colour: B&W
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- Object_Number: ADM 1015
- Sound: Silent
- Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
- Featured Period: 1939-1945
- Production Date: 1943
- Production Country: USA (?)
- Production Details: United States Navy (Production sponsor) Combined Operations Headquarters (Production sponsor)
- Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, LCT 374 (regiment/service) Royal Navy, LCT 148 (regiment/service) Royal Navy, LCT 529 (regiment/service) Royal Navy, LCT 2438 (regiment/service) Royal Navy, LCT 589 (regiment/service)
- Keywords: ships, British naval - amphibious: LCT[2] 148 (object name) ships, British naval - amphibious: LCT[3] 374 (object name) ships, British naval - amphibious: LCT[4] 529 (object name) ships, British naval - amphibious: LCT[4] 589 (object name) ships, British naval - amphibious: LCT[5] 2438 (object name) transport, British military - car: Austin light utility (object name) transport, British military - car: Humber Heavy Utility (object name) transport, British military - truck: Morris-Commercial 8-cwt 4x4 (object name) transport, British military - truck: Morris-Commercial 15-cwt 4x2 CS8 (object name) transport, British military - truck: Karrier 3-ton 4x4 K6 (object name) transport, British military - truck: Leyland 3-ton 6x4 Retriever (object name) transport, United States military - truck: GMC 2-1/2-ton 6x6 & [Allied] (object name) transport, United States military - engineering: Dodge 3-ton 6x6 Breakdown Gantry & [Allied] (object name) transport, British military - engineering (object name) transport, British military - truck, special: Bedford Giraffe (object name) transport, British military - prime mover: AEC Matador (object name) transport, British military - prime mover: Morris Quad (object name) transport, British military - R and D: Composite Utility Vehicle (object name) armour, British - tank: Churchill Mk IV (object name) armour, British - tank: Matilda Mk II (object name) armour, United States - amphibious: LVT[1] & [British] (object name) armour, Canadian - tank: Ram Mk II (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: 2600 ft; Running time: 29 mins
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