New Tank Triumphs

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

58

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Commandos Raid on Boulogne
2. 2Russia Will Avenge
3. 3New Tank Triumphs

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

May 26th, 1942. American tanks for the Libyan campaign, manned by British. Seen in action in the Western Desert carrying anti-tank and machine guns. Artillery firing. Rommel’s "wreckage" on fire - burning German tanks. Italian prisoners taken. Artillery continues to fire.

Keywords

Vehicles; Weapons; Prisoners of war; Military

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5379

Address

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

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