Title:PRINCIPLES OF 6 FT WADING (incomplete copy) [Main Title]
Film Number:ADM 1356
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Summary: Instructions for preparing a Churchill tank to be driven off an LCT in six feet of water.
Description:Incomplete copy. Part 2: "Hull inspection and sealing." The vehicle is completely stripped and the seams inspected minutely for cracks which are sealed and protected. Part 5: "General Proofing." Internal moving parts such as engine linkages are sealed and greased. Part 8: External covers and louvres, with a detonating wire harness, are fitted, and a demonstration of these being blown off is given. Part 9: "Landing trials at Pendine". A squadron of 43rd Royal Tank Regiment goes through an experimental embarkation and disembarkation exercise with almost complete success.