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Title:PATHE GAZETTE (1932 approximately) - MODERN METHODS [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 1064-02c
Other titles:
Summary: Newsreel item on a British tank patrol in the Khyber Pass on the north-west frontier of India, 1931-1933.
Description: Over the rough ground of the foothills the British drive their tanks, the Light Tank Mark IIB. In close-up, the turret of one tank opens and the commander (wearing a special tanker's helmet) emerges to mop his brow.
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Tank Corps (regiment/service)
Keywords: operations, British military - sortie (object name)
armour, British - tank: Light Tank Mark IIB (object name)
equipment, British - personal: helmet (tank commander) (object name)
India & Khyber Pass (geography)
mountains (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: 68 ft; Running time: 1 min