51300: Tanks and barbed wire

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posted on 2024-05-09, 09:49 authored by First 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

1807.mpg | CXTIWMFILMvanc12.mpg

Subject

Home Front | Transport | Western Front

Creator

War Office

Date

12th November, 1916

Date Created

12/11/1916

Spatial

Auchonvillers, Somme

Source

VHS copy of original film

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

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

Producer

Jury, W. F.

Usage metrics

Keywords

First World War Poetry Digital Archive World War One Footage Home Front Transport Western Front

Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0