ARMOURED 25 POUNDER VALENTINE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ARMOURED 25 POUNDER VALENTINE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 261/4
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The 121st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery with their new self propelled gun.
  • Description: The new armoured vehicle (the Bishop, based on a Valentine tank) showing exterior details and shape of the turret. The crew climb into the tank and elevate the gun. The shell is rammed home, the charge inserted and the breech closed. The tank moves off. The commander of 275 Battery in his Valentine tank.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 261/4
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-09-19
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Windows, J C (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Artillery, 121st Field Regiment (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Egypt (geography) El Alamein 1942, North Africa, Second World War (event) North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 365 ft; Running time: 4 mins
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    AYY 261/4

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