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SLATE INFORMATION: Exercise "Runaground"

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AEROPLANES R.A.F. Etc. New swept back wing jets in operation "Runaground" swoop in low covering invading troops

ASSAULT LANDING CRAFT. Good shots of Gloucester Regt men coming ashore at South Coast of Britain in Exercise Run a ground.. shots also of tanks.. as they beach and come out of waters.

FROG-MEN Frog men come ashore to lay dummy charges in operation "Runaground" 1952.

GLOUCESTER REGIMENT. Land from invasion barges in Exercise "Runaground" on the South Coast of Britain

ISLE OF WIGHT . Royal Marine Commandos fire rocket up cliff-face to secure rope hold.. men run up cliff in assault operations in the Exercise Runaground.. shots as they descend also V.G.

JET PROPELLED PLANES. Latest jets with swept back wings etc take part covering invading troops in Operation "Runaground" off south coast

MARINES. Royal Marine frog men destroy with dummy charges beach emplacements in Exercise "Runaground"....some paddle ashore etc

MARINES. Royal Marines scale sheer cliffs in Exercise Runaground..shots as rocket fired to get rope over top cliff. men run up side of cliff.. shots also of descent

MILITARY BRITISH. Exercise "Runaground" on Britain's South Coast.. shots of frogmen landing. etc.. Gloucester Regt land in barges.. Centurion tanks come ashore with Queen's Own 4th Hussars, shots of Royal Marine Commandos scaling cliffs with rocket slung rope.. V.G. descent also

TANKS. Centurion tanks manned by 4Th Queen's Own Hussars land on Britain's South Coast from barges in Exercise Runaground

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Background: British Army, Royal Marines, Commandos, Royal Air Force, and Royal Navy combine for military exercises in Operation Runaground on the South Coast