Bridge-Carrying Tanks

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

218

Date Released

9 Jul 1945

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Liberation of the Channel Islands
2. 2Bridge-Carrying Tanks
3. 3Pacific. Landings on Borneo
4. 4London Welcomes Eisenhower

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

Assembly plant for the production of tanks which carry their own bridges for crossing streams and canals. Seen in action: Churchill tank with own hydraulic crane, lifts bridge into position and lowers it over the water in minutes. Also shown is the scissor bridge method for Valentine tanks. US NATIONAL ARCHIVE ENTRY: 11 min, sd, B&W, 35mm A tank is assembled and tested. The tank crosses a bridge which is placed across a stream, crossed and then loaded aboard the tank. Australian troops land at Tarakan on Borneo under an aerial and naval bombardment. Shows General Blamey. Record Group 208 Accession 3276

Keywords

Vehicles; Weapons; Aviation; Navy; Engineering; Military

Credits:

Commentator

Patrick O’Malley

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

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Address

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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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