EXERCISE COPPER BOTTOM [Main Title]

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  • Title: EXERCISE COPPER BOTTOM [Main Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 6907
  • Other titles: MISCELLANEOUS OLD ADMIRALTY BUILDING TAPES [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Informal edited highlights of Exercise Copper Bottom, in which RFA Fort Grange is adapted as a makeshift hospital ship, and "casualties" are airlifted from HMS Brazen. This was in preparation for Fort Grange's departure for the Gulf as part of Operation Granby.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: MISCELLANEOUS OLD ADMIRALTY BUILDING TAPES [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: ADM 6907
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions:
  • Featured Period: 1990-2000
  • Production Date: 1990
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Navy (Production sponsor) Smith, Roy [Royal Navy] (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: VHS Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 180; Running time: 13 mins
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