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Correspondence between Stern and Frank Arthur, relating to the compilation of an inventory of 17 Place des Etats Unis, Paris, France. 4 letters

File of correspondence relating to the publication of Stern's book Tanks 1914-1918; the log-book of a pioneer (Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1919), with reprinted extract from Transport, Dec 10 1927, entitled 'Motor transport across the Syrian desert'.

Extract from the minutes of the tenth meeting of the Tank Board, including a description by the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply of the responsibilities and the composition of the reconstituted Tank Board. 1p

Typescript quotation (31 lines) from an article by Philip Henry Kerr 11th Marquis of Lothian, 1910, advocating consideration of the opinion of German thinkers about the superiority of the German national character over that of the English speaking nations as a means of determining methods of defending the British Empire in the event of an Anglo-German war, enclosed in a letter from Stern to the Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister of Defence, 2 Apr 1941. 1p

Typescript fourteen line quotation by the Right Hon Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield in 1863, on the nature and importance of the democracy of the US, enclosed in a letter from Stern to the Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister of Defence, 2 Apr 1941. 1p

Copy of telegram from Monsieur Loisy, French Ministry of Munitions to the Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Minister of Munitions, concerning the delivery to the French Government of Mark V tanks. 1p

Copy of telegram from Stern to the Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Minister of Munitions, confirming an earlier telegram of 13 Apr 1918 and enclosing a copy of a telegram received from Maj Gen Sir John Edward Capper, Director General, Tank Corps. 1p

Copy of telegram from Stern and US Lt Col James A Drain, US Commissioner, Anglo-American Commission, to the Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Minister of Munitions, asking him to impress on Sir John Hunter, Director of Factory Construction, Ministry of Munitions, that on him was dependent the success of the Allied Tank Factory at Neuvy Pailloux, Châteauroux, France. 1p

File of papers tracing the history of the development of the tank in 1917, through copies of official minutes, memoranda, reports and correspondence of the Mechanical Warfare Supply Department, Ministry of Munitions.

File of papers tracing the history of the development of the tank in 1916, through copies of official minutes, memoranda, reports and correspondence of the Tank Supply Committee, Tank Supply Department and Mechanical Warfare Supply Department, Ministry of Munitions.

File of papers tracing the history of the development of the tank in 1915, through copies of official minutes, memoranda, reports and correspondence of the Landships Committee, Admiralty and War Office.

Copies of an exchange of letters between Capt Geoffrey Duke Burton, Director General of Tanks and Transport, Ministry of Supply and Stern, in which Stern denied Burton's statement that the request of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, of 11 Jul 1940, to borrow an A12 (Infantry Tank Mark II) for twenty four hours for testing at the works of William Foster and Company, Lincoln, Lincolnshire was in order to photograph the tank for use in a film, and Stern responded to Burton's criticism that film of a World War One tank previously shown by the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply to the Tank Board had been misleading through being played at too high a speed. 1p

Roll of 16 millimetre film, a copy made by the Imperial War Museum of a 35 millimetre nitrate film. The film shows trials on the testing ground at the works of William Foster and Company, Lincoln, Lincolnshire of the TOG 1 tank (without turret) and of the TOG 2 tank mounting a 17 pounder gun in a turret manufactured by Messrs Stothert and Pitt Limited, Bitton, near Bristol, Gloucestershire and intended for the Challenger tank. The film particularly demonstrates the manoeuvrability of the turret of the TOG 2 tank. Duration 10 minutes.

Roll of 16 milllimetre film, a copy made by the Imperial War Museum of a 35 millimetre nitrate film. The film shows trials of the TOG 2 tank on the testing ground at the works of the manufacturers, William Foster and Company, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Duration 10 minutes.

Roll of 16 millimetre film, a copy made by the Imperial War Museum of a 35 millimetre nitrate film. The film shows trials of Medium Mark C (Hornet) tanks on the testing ground at the works of the manufacturers, William Foster and Company, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The prototype tank 'Little Willie' (built in 1915) can be seen standing in the background. There is also a sequence showing the interior of the workshops of William Foster and Company. Duration 10 minutes.

Roll of 16 millimetre acetate film with soundtrack produced by the BBC Television Film Unit entitled 'First hand - tanks (sequences)', relating mainly to World War One tanks and consisting of seven separate sequences, including film of a Mark I tank at the Royal Armoured Corps Centre, Bovington, Dorset, showing exterior shrapnel damage, compartment, ammunition storage, 6 pounder gun and engine, with commentary; the prototype tank, 'Little Willie', (manufactured by William Foster and Company, Lincoln, Lincolnshire in 1915) at the Royal Armoured Corps Centre, Bovington, Dorset, with commentary; a description of tank operations on the Western Front, 1917-1918; footage of Stern taken at his home at Barham Court, Kent in 1957, in which he describes his difficulties with the War Office while engaged in pioneering work on the development of tanks with the Mechanical Warfare Supply Department, 1916-1917, his meeting with the Right Hon David Lloyd George, Minister of Munitions at which an order was placed for one thousand tanks, Sep 1916, the cancellation of that order by the Army Council, his refusal to cancel the order, his order for Ricardo engines and his meeting with the Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Minister of Munitions, Oct 1917, which culminated in his dismissal; a description of training with Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps and Tank Corps 1916-1917. The film was forwarded to Stern with a covering letter from the BBC Film Librarian, 11 Dec 1957. Duration 10 minutes.

Extract from document T B Number 57 (41), suggesting that a tank suitable to carry a six pounder gun should be developed from the A22 (Infantry Tank Mark IV). 1p

Copies of internal minutes of the Department of Tanks and Transport, Ministry of Supply, relating to the proposal that the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply should be referred directly to the Vickers Company in the light of the abandonment by the General Staff of the six pounder gun for use in the Infantry Tank Mark II. 1p

Copies of internal minutes of the Department of Tanks and Transport, Ministry of Supply, relating to the proposal that the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply should be referred directly to the Vickers Company in the light of the abandonment by the General Staff of the six pounder gun for use in the Infantry Tank Mark II. 1p

Copy of cable (without any indication of sender or addressee) containing details of specification and cost of two hundred B-18 bombers. 1p