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Description: | Thematic treatment of the use of tanks and tunnelling companies by the British on the Western Front, 1916-1918.
(Reel 9) The episode starts with 'Justice'. The tank race and demonstration of a tank climbing over a cottage arranged for George V's visit to France in July 1917. Post-war tests of Mark V Star tanks. A recovery tank demonstrates trench-crossing on a narrow metal support. A Female Mark V crosses a river by a temporary bridge and a Male crosses by a pontoon ferry. Three Whippet medium tanks driving through French countryside and a Female Mark V carrying Infantry. The captured German A7V tank 'Hagen'. (Reel 10) A tunnelling company drives to a shaft, digs, sets its mine and detonates it. (This reel is tinted grey, yellow and red.) The episode ends with a trailer for next week's episode.
35mm | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 01/3(4-15) British Army | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | New Era Film | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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