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AuthorWar Office
TitleTanks and barbed wire
NotesMark 1 'Female' tank crossing a low barbed wire entaglement. Tank is numbered 'A17' and named 'Oh I Say!'. A staged photograph showing the ability of tanks to cross barbed wire.
Item Date12th November, 1916
Creation placeSomme (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 1, Caption 17
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
FilenameCXTIWMFILMvanc4.mpg
CopyrightThe Imperial War Museum
Digital repositoryThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/1249