Tanks In Action 1961

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Bovington, Dorset.

L/S of a World War I tank travelling up an earthy ridge in a demonstration area; M/S as the tank comes over the top of the ridge and comes to a halt; two carrier pigeons are released from tank as commentator explains they were used to relay information from tanks in the First...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1875
Sort Number:
CP 348
Time in/Out:
01:52:11:00 / 01:54:42:00
Canister:
CP 348
Film ID:
153.20
Issue Date:
28/08/1961

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