DUMMY TANK MANOEUVRES [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: DUMMY TANK MANOEUVRES [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 70
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Tank Training School, West Lulworth, Dorset. For newsreel purposes, about 35 tanks of various types and ages assembled to carry out two manoeuvres. The first, an advance in waves, firing at a target at about 12-15,000 yards away. The second an advance in line ahead firing to a flank. Realistic wartime conditions were not aimed at.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 70
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1940-12-15
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Carver, F K (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 813 ft; Running time: 9 mins
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    AYY 70

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