TANK RECOVERY [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: TANK RECOVERY [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 506/3/3
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Tank recovery in Sicily.
  • Description: A Sherman tank is pulled from a ditch. Panning shot over a bridge. Sherman tanks pass across the bridge and past demolished buildings, wrecked equipment and dead German soldiers.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: AYY 506/3/3
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (AYY 506/3/3)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-07-18
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Currey (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Italy 1939-1945 (theme) Sicily, Italy (geography) Operation Husky, Allied Invasion of Sicily 1943, Italy, Second World War (event)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 100 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 506/3/3

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