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51313: Humanity and machines

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posted on 2024-05-09, 09:49 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

A tank's crew enter a their camouflaged Mark 1 'Male' tank named 'Daphne' at the sponson door; the Officer is carrying a black cat that has become the crew's lucky mascot.

History

Identifier

1818.mpg | CXTIWMFILMvanc8.mpg

Subject

Allied Forces | Landscape | Passchendaele | Somme | Transport | Ypres

Creator

War Office

Date

12th November 1916

Date Created

12/11/1916

Spatial

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 2, Caption 29

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

    War in Context

    Categories

    Keywords

    First World War Poetry Digital ArchiveWorld War OneFootageAllied ForcesLandscapePasschendaeleSommeTransportYpres

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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