HOW TO TACKLE AN AFV BATTLE CASUALTY - BOOBY TRAPS AND THE CARE OF AMMUNITION [Main Title]

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  • Title: HOW TO TACKLE AN AFV BATTLE CASUALTY - BOOBY TRAPS AND THE CARE OF AMMUNITION [Main Title]
  • Film Number: DRA 827
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  • Summary: How to approach and make safe a knocked out Churchill tank on a roadside.
  • Description: Two soldiers incautiously investigate a truck on the roadside and are blown up by a booby trap. The film then goes on to detail the correct approach to such a situation using a damaged Churchill tank as the example. The surrounding area is cleared of mines, and various precautions taken to identify and make safe booby traps. Safety measures for handling the tank's own ammunition are then shown.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: DRA 827
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-10
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Army Kinematography (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: weapons - passive: booby trap (object name) armour, British - tank: Churchill & [damaged] (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 3 Footage: 2174 ft; Running time: 23 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    DRA 827

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