Armoured Jubilee

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1939A
Date Released
4 Aug 1966
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Prepare for Shake-Up
  2. 2Royal Family Thais
  3. 3Test Series Ends in Punch-Up
  4. 4Armoured Jubilee

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Armoured Jubilee. DESCRIPTION: 1966 marks a double anniversary. Its fifty years since the tank was used in warfare, also since the Royal Armoured Corps started a training centre, and this display gives a vivid picture and range of vehicles. Also how we have progressed. SHOTLIST: GV training centre at Bovingdon Camp, Dorset. MS view from tank on the move. CU tank commander. MS view from tank on the move. GV training ground at Bovingdon Camp. MS tank comes over brow of hill and fires gun. MS wartime picture of Churchill tank on the move. LAS tank crosses trench. MS ditto. MS Churchill tank. MLS wartime demonstration pictures showing tank crashing through undergrowth. MS ditto. MS ditto. MS wartime pictures of tank crossing river. MS ditto. MS ditto. MCU ditto. MS ditto. MS ditto. MS tank demolishes building. MS ditto. MLS ditto. MCU ditto. Aerial shot tanks drive along road, during Normandy invasion. MLS Cromwell tank. GV Flail tank explodes mines. MS wartime pictures, troops with tank. MCU Cromwell tank past. MCU ditto. MCU ditto. GV tanks advancing in desert. MCU troops advance behind tank. MS ditto. MCU ditto. MS Chieftain tank climbs hill at Bovingdon Camp. LAS tank over top of hill. Zoom in Chieftain tank as it plunges into water. MLS tank as it comes out of water and crosses trench. MS the 175 mm self-propelled heavy gun. MS ditto. MS tank jumps over ramp. MS ditto.
Keywords
Commemorations; Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Weapons; Celebrations and festivals; Military
Locations
Dorset; England; Bovingdon Camp
Card file number
91420
Credits:
Commentator
George Elliot
Camera
John Mould
Camera
Ronald E. Collins
Length of story (in feet)
323
Story extras:
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