Demonstration By Tanks At Aldershot 1939

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Full titles read: "ALDERSHOT [HAMPSHIRE]"

Various shots of several small tanks moving across rough terrain in the Hampshire countryside in a training exercise.

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Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
14317
Sort Number:
39/039
Time in/Out:
01:21:24:00 / 01:21:49:00
Canister:
39/39
Film ID:
1009.18
Issue Date:
15/05/1939

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