GERMAN OFFENSIVE 2 [Main Title]

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  • Title: GERMAN OFFENSIVE 2 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 179
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  • Summary: British Whippet tanks and some Infantry moving towards the battlefield, probably the Bray-Serre road, Western Front, 26 March 1918.
  • Description: Three Medium A Whippet tanks of 3rd Battalion, Tank Corps, (numbers A262, A277 and A212), moving across an open field, probably not far from the road between Bray and Serre. A second scene shows the tanks moving on the road itself, being passed by an Army car and passing a light cart. The Whippets have difficulty turning off the road down a slight bank between quite widely-spaced trees, having to back and turn to get through the gap. The three continue quite rapidly over open country. On the same road a company of Highland troops, possibly Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, resting by the roadside, eating bread and jam. There are several 'old soldier' types among them. A final scene shows British soldiers escorting German prisoners, some with bicycles, down the same road.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company) Bassill, F A (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Tank Corps, 3rd Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, British - tank: Tank Medium A Whippet & [+] (object name) society, British military - sustenance (object name) prisoners of war, German - movement: march (object name) operations, British military - movement: road (object name) 01/3(4-15).81 (event) Bray-Serre Road, Bray-sur-Somme, Somme, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 379 ft; Running time: 7 mins
  • Notes: Title: this is taken from the shotsheet.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 179

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