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Other titles:WADING TRIALS - SHERMAN 3 FT WADE [Alternative Title]
Summary:
Description: I. LCT(5) 2453 disembarks Sherman for 3 ft wade.
II. COEW, DTD 'AQUATOW' Personnel Suit. Man on beach models the suit, and demonstrates the position he will assume during the tow through the water. LCT 340 disembarks Sherman into 6 ft of water in moderate surf conditions. Man in Aquatow suit, holding a tow rope, walks down the vehicle ramp to be towed off - he regains his footing in the shallows. D-4 tractor stands by in the background.
III. Matilda Baron IIIA, T.19044, comes ashore and blows off fabric covers on auxiliary engines, before starting flail and moving up the beach.
IV. Churchill IV, 'Invincible', disembarks from LST and wades ashore through a gap in the beach defences - spectators crowd the LST's focsle, and one man stands on a section of VLR secured alongside the port bow. A small crowd watch the trial from the beach and seafront - Gloucester and Royal Hotels in the background.
V. LCT 340 disembarks Sherman for 6 ft wade - motor pinnace WDH 201 and cutter in the background.
Alternative Title:WADING TRIALS - SHERMAN 3 FT WADE [Alternative Title]
Production Details: Combined Operations Headquarters (Production sponsor)
US Naval Film Unit (Production company)
Office of Strategic Services (for) (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, LCT 2453 (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, LCT 340 (regiment/service)
Keywords: ships, Royal Navy - amphibious: LCT[5] 2453 (object name)
ships, Royal Navy - amphibious: LCT[3] 340 (object name)
armour, British - funnies: Matilda Baron Mk IIIA (object name)
armour, United States - tank: M4 Sherman & [British] (object name)
armour, British - tank: Churchill Mk IV (object name)
equipment, British - personal: Aquatow Personnel Suit (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: 696 ft; Running time: 8 mins