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Yesterday we posted several videos from British Pathe showing pre-WWII British armor. Here are a few more videos, this time featuring French pre-WWII armor.
Here is a French WWI ear Schneider tank driving off road.
This video shows footage from a French factory in the 1930s of what appears to be R-35 tanks and Renault UE Chenillettes.
French Tanks conducting exercises in 1940 prior to the German attack.
Tanks at the Front (WWI)
Here are a selection of videos from the British Pathe youtube channel showing British tanks from the pre-WW2 era.
This first video shows an British Medium D tank being recovered from a river. David Fletcher’s book “Mechanised Force” mentions that in 1921 a Medium D tank sunk in the Themes (the medium D was intended to be able to float.)
From a WW1 war bond rally in the UK comes this footage of “Julian, the record breaking tank.”
From 1925 comes this “Thrilling Tank Display” from the Royal Tank Corps.
This video from an unknown location shows a WW1 British era tank being demonstrated to a crowd. We can only imagine how the crew felt after dropping over that edge in a vehicle with no suspension.
This footage of British medium and light tanks is labeled as being from 1935. Of particular interest is the footage at 1:20 which appears to show a couple Medium Mark III tanks, of which only three were constructed.
British Vickers Medium tanks shown being used for training in this video dated 1940. The Vickers Medium tanks Mark I and II had been retired from front line duty by 1940.
In this video from 1940, some British Cruiser Mark III tanks demonstrate their speed and agility.
This 1930 video is labeled “Salisbury Plain. First ‘All Tanks’ Manoeuvres. 250 tanks of all sizes take part in great ‘battle’ of Salisbury Plain.”
Today we present a couple British Pathe videos showing British armor from the early cold war period.
First is two videos about armor being demonstrated for the public at Bovington. These videos are from 1955 and 1961.
Here is a video on various British Vehicles on display at Bovington in 1962.
Next is a video on the British Saladin armored car from 1959
Here is a video showing a demonstration of a British ATGM from 1960.
Here are two more videos of British armor at Bovington. These videos are from 1954 and lack audio.
io9.com recently pointed out this British Pathe video of a tank crushing a car in 1918. While the video identifies this event happening “somewhere in the UK”, it is believed that this video was actually shot in Toronto.
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