[TANKS MARK IV, SCHNEIDER, AND MARK IV UNDITCHING] [Allocated]


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  • Altri titoli: [TANKS MARK IV, SCHNEIDER, AND MARK IV UNDITCHING] [Allocated]
  • Anno: 1918
  • Durata: 13 mins
  • Descrizione: The unarmed Female tank manages to climb a small slope without difficulty, followed by a drop into a pit and a climb up out again. It ends head-on to the camera.The US soldiers emerge from their trenches and move forward for the attack, with support from their French-made Schneider tanks. Later, some German prisoners and one of the tanks come back towards the rear.Unarmed Mark IV tanks push over trees in a wood. Unarmed Mark IV Females make a 'tank charge' (and other exercises from IWM 337 TANKS - THE WONDER WEAPON). In particular a Mark IV is shown using its unditching beam to get out of a hole.
    I. Trials of a Mark IV Female tank in Britain, probably 1917.II. US troops in the Second Battle of the Marne, Western Front, July 1918.III. Trials of a tank unditching beam, probably at Bovington Camp, Britain, 1917.
  • Parole chiave: EFG1914 / World War I / British Army, Royal Tank Corps / United States Army & American Expeditionary Force / United States Army & Tank Corps / British Army, Royal Tank Corps / armour, British - tank: Tank Mark IV & [R and D] / armour, French - tank: Schneider CA1 & [United States] / operations, United States military - sortie / prisoners of war, German - movement / armour, British - tank: Tank Mark IV & [R and D] / 31/3(41) / 01/3(4-15).91 / 31/3(41) / GB, England (?) / Montdidier, Somme, France / GB, England & Bovington, Dorset / Instruction / Instruction
  • Fonte esterna: Imperial War Museums
  • Diritti: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Colori: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound

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