TANK DEMONSTRATION [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: TANK DEMONSTRATION [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 106
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Various units of tanks and artillery in the Eastern Command taking part in a demonstration of a tanks advance behind a Box Barrage at Newmarket, Suffolk. Smoke screen, shell bursts, shell crater, barrage. Tanks and troops with fixed bayonets going forward.
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  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 106
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1941-04-03
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Tennyson d'Eyncourt, Walter (Captain) (Production individual) Rignold, Harry (Captain)1943-09-12Cameraman, service number 98582, killed in action during Salerno landings. See http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=938723 accessed 7 March 2011 (Production individual) Carver, F K (Production individual) Glendinning, Hone1912-08-161997-08-26 (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: 1500 ft; Running time: 16 mins
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