posted on 2024-05-09, 09:49authored byFirst World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team
Mark 1 'Female' tank advancing over low barbed wire entanglements. Tank is numbered 'A17', presumably named 'Oh I Say!' as there is similar film with this tank. Filmed at Auchonvillers.
History
Identifier
1251.mpg | CXTIWMFILMvanc12.mpg
Subject
Transport | Trench | Western Front
Creator
War Office
Date
12th November, 1916
Temporal Date
12/11/1916
Spatial
Auchonvillers, Somme
Medium
VHS copy of original film
Type
Footage
Contributor
Everett Sharp
Rights
The Imperial War Museum
Collection ID
The Battle of the Ancre and the Advance of the Tanks, Part 1, Caption 17 | The Battle of the Ancre and the Advance of the Tanks, Part 3, Caption 33
Repository Name
Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
Repository Address
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ, UK