TANKS BY TRAIN [Main Title]

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  • Title: TANKS BY TRAIN [Main Title]
  • Film Number: BTF 259
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  • Summary:
  • Description: I. "Loading at a depot": Valentine tanks being driven on to flatcars using ramp wagon. II. "Churchill tanks arriving": Unloading Churchills from train using ramp wagon.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: BTF 259
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (BTF 259)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: London Midland and Scottish Railway Film Unit (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: London Midland and Scottish Railway (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, British - tank: Churchill & [shipment] (object name) armour, British - tank: Valentine & [shipment] (object name) transport, British civilian - rail (object name) Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 721 ft
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BTF 259

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