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Reference code
STERN 6/3
Title
Copy of a film of tests of the TOG 1 tank and TOG 2 tank, 1942
Date(s)
- 1942 (Creation)
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Scope and content
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.
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Existence and location of originals
Originals of photocopied personal correspondence (Section 1/17) are at Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone.