MOVEMENT OF TROOPS [Main Title]

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  • Title: MOVEMENT OF TROOPS [Main Title]
  • Film Number: BTF 267
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Troops on board stationary train (same shot as in BTF 255). Driving Bren carriers off train, troops marching up road (same shots as in BTF 256). Troops with mules, horse-drawn carts and field guns approaching station. Guns dismantled and loaded into train. Mules and horses persuaded into train (some with difficulty). Train pulls past with troops and mules aboard. French troops arriving and boarding train (same shots as in BTF 205).
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: BTF 267
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (BTF 267)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: London Midland and Scottish Railway Film Unit (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service) French Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, British - carrier: Bren & [shipment] (object name) armour, British - tank: [shipment] (object name) operations, British military - movement (object name) transport, British civilian - rail (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 926 ft; Running time: 10 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BTF 267

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