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 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.