Preparing for battle, an early tank
| Title |
Preparing for battle, an early tank
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|---|---|
| Author |
War Office
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| Notes |
Removing tarpaulin from a Mark 1 'Female' tank (in camouflage paint scheme). The tank is equipped with a roof-mounted grenade screen; the stowage bin on rear steering wheels is adorned with a lucky horseshoe.
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| Item date |
12th November, 1916
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| Creation place |
Somme
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| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Cataloguer |
Everett Sharp
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| Filename |
CXTIWMFILMvanc3.mpg
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| Copyright |
The Imperial War Museum
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| Digital repository | |
| Collection ID |
The Battle of the Ancre and the Advance of the Tanks, Part 1, Caption 17
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| Repository name |
Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
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| Repository address line1 |
Imperial War Museum
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| Repository address line2 |
Lambeth Road
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| Repository address Zip code |
SE1 6HZ
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| Repository address country |
UK
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| Repository address URL | |
| Publication editor |
Urban, C. A. and Malins G. H.
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| Producer |
Jury, W. F.
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Collection
Citation
“Preparing for battle, an early tank,” by War Office. The Imperial War Museum via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed April 20, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/1804.
Permitted Use
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