Flame Throwing Tank (1944)

Unused / unissued material. - Location and dates unknown / unclear.



Various shots of a British Churchill tank mounted with a flame thrower. It is driven round a field and the device is fired several time. Good CUs of flame thrower being fired. Good shots of device in use. Shots of two tanks advancing through landscape firing flame throwers.



Spacing.



Napalm fluid is loaded into can behind tank. Various other shots of flame thrower being tested. (Film dated 25/8/1944).
FILM ID:1891.1

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