Tanks-Wonder Weapon of World War One?', an episode of BBC2's
occasional history series 'Timewatch', examines the impact of the
use of tanks by the British during the Great War. Anyone hoping
for a technical, or even detailed tactical, history will be disappointed.
Rather, the program looks at claims that the tank was a war-winner,
and looks at its effect on morale, especially Allied morale.
Whether or not you agree with the program's thesis, the wealth of
movie footage is wonderful to see, and the Tank Museum at
Bovington even gets one of its surviving Mk IVs out for a spin!
There are interesting guest talking heads, such as Brian Wilson,
son of Walter Wilson, one of the co-designers of the first British
tanks, and David Fletcher, of the Bovington Tank Museum, surely
one of the greatest living experts on early tanks.
occasional history series 'Timewatch', examines the impact of the
use of tanks by the British during the Great War. Anyone hoping
for a technical, or even detailed tactical, history will be disappointed.
Rather, the program looks at claims that the tank was a war-winner,
and looks at its effect on morale, especially Allied morale.
Whether or not you agree with the program's thesis, the wealth of
movie footage is wonderful to see, and the Tank Museum at
Bovington even gets one of its surviving Mk IVs out for a spin!
There are interesting guest talking heads, such as Brian Wilson,
son of Walter Wilson, one of the co-designers of the first British
tanks, and David Fletcher, of the Bovington Tank Museum, surely
one of the greatest living experts on early tanks.
3 comments:
This was pretty good! I especially like the artist impressions of
what a tank looked like before they saw one! Classic! ;-)
They did look very VSF-ish...)
Don M said...
They did look very VSF-ish...)
Like something from Jules Verne!
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