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AuthorWar Office
TitleTanks and barbed wire
NotesMark 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.
Item Date12th November, 1916
Creation placeAuchonvillers, Somme (Google Maps)
File typeVideo
Item mediumVHS copy of original film
ContentFootage
KeywordsWestern Front, Transport
Collection IDThe Battle of the Ancre and the Advance of the Tanks, Part 3, Caption 33
Repository nameImperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
Repository address
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
SE1 6HZ
UK
Repository URLhttp://www.iwm.org.uk/
CataloguerEverett Sharp
FilenameCXTIWMFILMvanc12.mpg
CopyrightThe Imperial War Museum
Digital repositoryThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/1242