TANKS MARK IV, SCHNEIDER, AND MARK IV UNDITCHING [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: TANKS MARK IV, SCHNEIDER, AND MARK IV UNDITCHING [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1196
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: I. Trials of a Mark IV Female tank in Britain, probably 1917. II. US troops in the Second Battle of the Marne, Western Front, July 1918. III. Trials of a tank unditching beam, probably at Bovington Camp, Britain, 1917.
  • Description: The unarmed Female tank manages to climb a small slope without difficulty, followed by a drop into a pit and a climb up out again. It ends head-on to the camera. The US soldiers emerge from their trenches and move forward for the attack, with support from their French-made Schneider tanks. Later, some German prisoners and one of the tanks come back towards the rear. Unarmed Mark IV tanks push over trees in a wood. Unarmed Mark IV Females make a 'tank charge' (and other exercises from IWM 337 TANKS - THE WONDER WEAPON). In particular a Mark IV is shown using its unditching beam to get out of a hole.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 1196)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Tank Corps (regiment/service) United States Army & American Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) United States Army & Tank Corps (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Tank Corps (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, British - tank: Tank Mark IV & [R and D] (object name) armour, French - tank: Schneider CA1 & [United States] (object name) operations, United States military - sortie (object name) prisoners of war, German - movement (object name) armour, British - tank: Tank Mark IV & [R and D] (object name) 31/3(41) (event) 01/3(4-15).91 (event) 31/3(41) (event) GB, England (?) (geography) Montdidier, Somme, France (geography) GB, England & Bovington, Dorset <Bovington Camp> (geography) Instruction (concept) Instruction (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 785 ft; Running time: 13 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Summary: see also IWM 337
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 1196

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