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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 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.

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

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.

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 1917, through copies of official minutes, memoranda, reports and correspondence of the Mechanical Warfare Supply Department, Ministry of Munitions.

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

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 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

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

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

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

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'.

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

Correspondence between Frederick Chamier, consulting engineer, London and Stern, concerning his design for a balloon barrage. 3 letters

Correspondence between Stern and French Col Aubertin, Sub-Director of Tanks, French Ministry of War, relating to the acceptance of an invitation from Stern, and the demobilisation of a driver. 3 letters

Correspondence betrween Charles A Kennerley Hall, barrister, Paris, France and Stern concerning fees payable in connection with an unspecified person or matter referred to as Vanderhagen. 4 documents

Correspondence between Charles Sangster, Birmingham and Stern concerning the suggested use in tank engines of a type of electrical self-starter manufactured for use in motor cars. 2 letters

Correspondence between James Radley and Stern concerning Radley's request for employment. 2 letters

Correspondence between Joseph A Jenkins, Vice Director General, Loyal Order of the Moose and Stern relating to an invitation to Stern to attend a reception at the Headquarters of the Loyal Order of the Moose, Paris, France. 2 letters