LOADING TANKS ONTO TRAINS [Allocated Title]

Title: LOADING TANKS ONTO TRAINS [Allocated Title]
Film Number: AYY 245/2
Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Churchill and Matilda tanks intended for Russia being loaded onto a train at a depot in Chilwell, Nottinghamshire.
Description: British tanks with Russian Cyrillic markings being chained onto the trucks. The tank doors are sealed with Bostick and taped against the weather. The train moves off.
Featured Period: 1939-1945
Production Date: 1942-08-09
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) 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)
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Keywords: Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, England, UK (geography) British Home Front 1939-1945 (theme)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 695 ft; Running time: 7 mins
Notes: This precedes AYY 245/1 in which the tanks are loaded onto a ship at Hull.
Link to IWM Collections page:
AYY 245/2
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