Missile V Tank 1960

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Item title reads - Missile v. tank.

The Royal Armoured Corps test out new guided tank destroyer, Lulworth, Dorset.

Various shots of tanks driving along and firing. M/S officers watching. L/S as tanks fire on range. Various shots of the malkara antitank guided missile on launching platform....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
52662
Sort Number:
60/052
Time in/Out:
01:19:16:00 / 01:20:16:00
Canister:
60/52
Film ID:
1684.11
Issue Date:
27/06/1960

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