PATHE GAZETTE (1931) - WORLD'S FASTEST TANK [Main Title]

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  • Title: PATHE GAZETTE (1931) - WORLD'S FASTEST TANK [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1064-02a
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  • Summary: Newsreel item on manufacturer's tests for the new Christie medium tank at "Rahway", USA, winter 1931.
  • Description: Spectators watch as engineers complete the fitting of the tank's tracks for its rough ground tests. It drives up and down slopes, over frozen puddles, and across railway lines. Then, with the tracks and turret removed, it is driven on its road-wheels at full speed down a highway, "at a mile-a-minute", driving 'over' the camera as it does so.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 1064-02a
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 1064-02a)
  • Featured Period: 1919-1938
  • Production Date: 1931
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Production Details: Pathe [USA] (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: US Wheel and Track Layer Corporation (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, United States - tank: T3 Christie Medium Tank (M1931) & [R and D] (object name) United States of America (geography) Instruction (concept)
  • 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: 114 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
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