the WORLD'S GREATEST STORY - EPISODE 5 [Main]
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Année: 1919
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Durée: 25 mins
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Description: (Reel 9) The episode starts with 'Justice'. The tank race and demonstration of a tank climbing over a cottage arranged for George V's visit to France in July 1917. Post-war tests of Mark V Star tanks. A recovery tank demonstrates trench-crossing on a narrow metal support. A Female Mark V crosses a river by a temporary bridge and a Male crosses by a pontoon ferry. Three Whippet medium tanks driving through French countryside and a Female Mark V carrying Infantry. The captured German A7V tank 'Hagen'. (Reel 10) A tunnelling company drives to a shaft, digs, sets its mine and detonates it. (This reel is tinted grey, yellow and red.) The episode ends with a trailer for next week's episode.
Thematic treatment of the use of tanks and tunnelling companies by the British on the Western Front, 1916-1918.
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Mots-clés: EFG1914 / World War I / British Army / propaganda, British - inspirational / 01/3(4-15) / France / World War, 1914-1918 -- France
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Fournisseur: Imperial War Museums
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Droits: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
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Société de production: New Era Film
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Couleur: Black & White
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Sound: Without sound
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