VICKERS MATERIAL - MISCELLANEOUS [Main Title]

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  • Title: VICKERS MATERIAL - MISCELLANEOUS [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 220-2
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  • Summary:
  • Description: This consists of six coherent sequences: (a) a carnival parade in Newcastle-upon-Tyne: the carnival queen, the Mayor (?), several military bands, horse drawn coaches and buses, various floats. (b) Maintenance machinery - a strip mill ?. (c) A Vickers cylindrical boiler loaded onto a flat-bed-truck and drawn by diesel locomotive through Newcastle. (d) A Vickers 37-ton battle tank with collapsible flotation screen tested from a crane in a river. (e) The carnival parade. (f) Vickers 37-ton battle tank driven at speed over snowy terrain. The carnival parade is filmed in colour.
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  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: MGH 220-2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
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  • Production Date: 1957
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Vickers (Production sponsor) Vickers (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 500 ft (ca); Running time: 21 mins
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    MGH 220-2

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