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Description: | I. Trials of a Mark IV Female tank in Britain, probably 1917.
II. US troops in the Second Battle of the Marne, Western Front, July 1918.
III. Trials of a tank unditching beam, probably at Bovington Camp, Britain, 1917.
The unarmed Female tank manages to climb a small slope without difficulty, followed by a drop into a pit and a climb up out again. It ends head-on to the camera.
The US soldiers emerge from their trenches and move forward for the attack, with support from their French-made Schneider tanks. Later, some German prisoners and one of the tanks come back towards the rear.
Unarmed Mark IV tanks push over trees in a wood. Unarmed Mark IV Females make a 'tank charge' (and other exercises from IWM 337 TANKS - THE WONDER WEAPON). In particular a Mark IV is shown using its unditching beam to get out of a hole.
35mm | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | United States Army & Tank Corps Royal Tank Corps 01/3(4-15).91 British Army 31/3(41) Instruction United States Army & American Expeditionary Force | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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