Title:PATHE GAZETTE (1934) - MECHANISED MANOEUVRES : 200 tanks go into action on Salisbury Plain [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 1064-02d
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Summary: Newsreel item on manoeuvres by 1st Tank Brigade on Salisbury Plain, 12th August 1934.
Description: The tanks, in a 'swarm', roll over the grassland - Vickers Medium Mark IIs and Mark IIIs of 5th Battalion, accompanied by Infantry carriers. A Medium Mark II Command Tank of 5th Battalion stops near the camera. 1st (Light) Battalion, in their Light Tanks Mark IIB, lead the way out over the plain. Another Mark II of 5th Battalion drives off. The general manoeuvres continue. (In close-up, it can be seen that the tanks have their battalion numbers painted on, eg "I(Lt)Bn R Tanks".)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Tank Corps, 1st Brigade (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Tank Corps, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Tank Corps, 5th Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: training, British military - combat: [+] (object name)
training, British military - specialist: tanks & [+] (object name)
armour, British - tank: Vickers Medium Mark II & [+] (object name)
armour, British - tank: Vickers Medium Mark III (object name)
armour, British - tank: Vickers Medium Mark II Command (object name)
armour, British - tank: Light Tank Mark IIB (object name)
Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, UK (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 178 ft; Running time: 3 mins
