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This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.

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SELECTED SCENES FROM "THE REINFORCED TANK COMPANY IN ATTACK" Part 1

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Summary: LS, open field, hill in distance. Four M46 tanks move to R, followed by several halftracks (M16s). LS, open country. Tank stops. LS, open country, hill in bg. Four tanks and several half-tracks move across field to R. LS, field. Tanks and half-track moving to R. MLS, tanks, moving across open field, fire their 90mm guns. MLS, same action as above. The half-tracks follow. MS, low angle, half-track moving to R across field. MS, M46 tank fires 90mm gun and moves to R. MCU, lieutenant in turret of tank looks through binoculars, gives order into his lip microphone. MCU, captain in turret of tank. After looking through binoculars, he gives order into microphone. MS, captain in turret of tank looking through binoculars. MCU, muzzle of 90mm tank gun. A shell is fired (to L). MS, same as above, A shell bursts near tank. MS, two soldiers in field firing a 60mm mortar. MLS, three M46 tanks move to right one at a time. A shell explodes near one of them. MS, tank moves to R and stops. 08/21: LS, small dirt road and trees. Tanks cross the road to R, followed by half- tracks. LS, three tanks stop by trees, fire their guns and go on to R. MS, front of M46 tank. The 90mm gun is aimed to the R. MS, half-track moving forward to R and firing MGs. (Camera pans with it).

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities

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1951-08-23
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3:23