In the Picture: Armour of the Infantry

Collection Item C1303544

Accession Number: P10895.002

A "wounded" soldier is being lifted from a Matilda II tank to a stretcher during a mock battle. The training exercise is being filmed by Fox Movietone News for the newsreel "Armour of the Infantry". 

Newsreels provided a great source of information and entertainment during the Second World War. In this issue of Wartime, Sarah Kershaw examines just one of these newsreels, a training exercise involving tanks and infantry in a simulated battle environment. Readers can watch the film here.

Watch the Armour of the infantry (Fox Movietone News Vol.14 No. 7)

Accession Number: F00379

Interestingly, the Memorial also holds still images, a ‘behind the scenes’ look at how this film was made. You can view the photographs here

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