Churchill Inspects Tank - July 1941 1941

Star Item

Description

Location Unknown / Unclear.

Various shots of Britain's Prime Minster Winston Churchill, accompanied by his wife Clementine, inspecting a new tank 'Ranter' and watching it in action.

Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
60348
Sort Number:
UN 274 J
Time in/Out:
01:29:20:00 / 01:30:28:00
Canister:
UN 274 J
Film ID:
1663.11
Issue Date:

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide
Al Capone's

Al Capone's "Killer" Car

Various special features of the gangsters own car are demonstrated to an English audience.

Girls And Boys Come Out To  ... Ski!

Girls And Boys Come Out To ... Ski!

Children in Chamonix go off for their ski-ing lessons.

GHQ Fire Army

GHQ Fire Army

A look inside London Fire Brigade's control room in Lambeth.

New British Speedboat

New British Speedboat

Speed boat on trials off the court of Poole, Dorset.

The King Wins

The King Wins

King George V wins the chief event of Southend yachting week in his yacht 'Britannia'.

The Shortest Parliament Ever Held

The Shortest Parliament Ever Held

King Fouad of Egypt presides over a one day session of his parliament.

Real Eggs Before And After

Real Eggs Before And After

Eggs are turned into dried powder form at a factory.

The Sea In Fury

The Sea In Fury

A U.S. battleship takes the brunt of a summer storm which causes its deck to be flooded.

 

 

The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald
Animals are often the forgotten army of World War I. They displayed unwavering courage even when exposed to extreme conditions. British Pathé pay tribute to these forgotten warriors.
WW1animals
The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
LULU'S WEDDING
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
British Pathé filmed the 20th Century's biggest names, some of them before they even became famous. Click through and guess who these soon-to-be celebrities were when first captured by our cameras.
 Before_Famous
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.Take a look at some of the more unusual but ingenious ideas that people have had to beat the traffic.
Transport_Inventions
Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
Himmler