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James H


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The customary apologies if this is old stuff, but this is a rather interesting organisation. Lots of Great War footage.

I don't think I've seen the film of training on the dummy FTs before, and there's what looks like film of Patton. The last scene is one that would probably not receive official approval nowadays.

http://www.buyoutfootage.com/pages/titles/pd_dc_473r2.html#.UxXKLs54DYE

This seems to be a post-War, feature-length film about the conflict. The interesting thing is that it contains not only genuine 14-18 footage but also what seems to be lots of excerpts from the 1926 film The Somme, which we have discussed in the past. Starts to appear about 1/2 way through.

http://www.buyoutfootage.com/pages/titles/pd_dc_090.php#.UxXQIM54DYE

Worth having a wander round the site. I thought so, anyway. Or maybe it's my mind that's doing the wandering.



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Fantastic footage on a few films, Great find !
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Interesting stuff, I persevered to find the 'tank' footage and was amused to see MkVs with very dummy guns and others with incongruous 'grenade roofs' that didn't sit comfortably over their rear cabin. But it is footage of nigh on 100 year old war machines 'doing their thing'.

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James H


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Hi, Anthony. Those Mk V shots are from the 1926 film. http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/352395?view=synopsis



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Bonjour James,

This film on Renault FT was done in 1918, in the American Tank Training Center from Langres.

You can see some Renault FT, without gun or machine-gun, always running with turret turned on the rear.

Some Renault FT sent to the American Tank Corps was send without arms.

On the fifteen Renault received in Langres, (June 15, 1918), six were without mask and machine gun.

At that times, 25 Renault FT was used by the Tank Coprs for Training.

The first american tank Battalion was sent in Langres

               (note n° 4608 AS / Ministère de la Guerre / Direction de l'Artillerie / Sous-Direction de l'Artillerie d'Assaut du 18 Août 1918 - SHD Box 16N2130)

                - 24 Renault FT - August 21, 1918

                - 24 Renault FT - August 27, 1918

                - 24 Renault FT - September 2, 1918

Tanks were sent with arms, munitions and tank spares (Lot 01 - R1), Coy tank spares (lot 02 6 R2), Battalion tank spares (lot R4).

Cne CARLSON, from Ordnance Officer Tank Corps was in charge from these three trains for Langres.

This film was probably done in July or August 1918.

The wooden training tanks are, probably, from american conception. These training mock-up was never used by French in the Artillerie Spéciale.

A French military film was also done in the same training trenches.

Bonne après-midi - Michel 



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