Massed Tanks Show Firepower

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1058A

Date Released

15 Sep 1949

Date submitted

12 Sep 1949

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Hop Festival
2. 2HMS London Home
3. 3Tirpitz Break-Up
4. 4Venice Carnival of Boats
5. 5Cannes Film Festival
6. 6Australia’s Severest Floods
7. 7Massed Tanks Show Firepower
8. *Braemar Gathering

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Army Tanks. DESCRIPTION: At Petawawa, Ontario, the army staged a great show of tanks and their firepower. SHOTLIST: KS. Shot of massed tanks. Various shots of tanks advancing across field. Flail tanks explode mine, Tanks firing 76mm guns. Tracer bullets at night hitting target. Various shots of flame throwers in action.

Keywords

Military

Locations

Ontario; Petawawa

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

52524

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

63

Story extras:

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