CROSS-COUNTRY AND OBSTACLE DRIVING [Main Title]

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  • Title: CROSS-COUNTRY AND OBSTACLE DRIVING [Main Title]
  • Film Number: DEG 14
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  • Summary: An instructional film for tank drivers showing how to deal with the many obstacles they encounter: rivers, streams, woodland, mud, steep slopes, snow, deserts and the jungle . Centurions Mks 1 & 2 are used in all the examples. These include obstacle crossing, vertical drops, gradients, knife edge and water crossing. Filmed on Bovington Training Area and the ford crossing at Moreton.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: DEG 14
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
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  • Production Date: 1949
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: National Interest Picture Productions Ltd (Production company) Hopkins, A E C (Production individual) Smith, C A (Production individual) Millet, C F (Production individual) North, R A (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 710 ft; Running time: 19 mins
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    DEG 14

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