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Video of 14th Army in Burma

Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:43 am
by Chris Hall
In the UK, the media are busy celebrating the 100th Birthday of 'Captain Tom', a Burma Veteran who, by walking around his garden, has raised nearly £30 MILLION for the National Health Service - a worthy cause, especially at this time.

The BBC ran an article about it this morning, which some clever soul videoed and put on Facebook. Here's a link - hope it works !

(See revised YouTube link below)

There's a shot of a Universal Carrier, a couple of 25pdrs and, of most interest to me, M3 Lee's without the "silly top turret" TM. I think one of them even had its side doors welded up or deleted, which is what I hope to do with my Lee.

Enjoy !

All the best, and stay well,

Chris

Re: Video of 14th Army in Burma

Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:46 am
by Dennis Jones
Doesn't appear to work Chris.

Dennis.

Re: Video of 14th Army in Burma

Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:56 am
by Chris Hall
I suspect you have to be logged in to Facebook. I'll have a look around and see if it's on something more general, eg. YouTube.

Re: Video of 14th Army in Burma

Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 11:57 am
by Gerhard Michel
Winston Churchill: "first of all: never social media!"..... (or was it "sports".....?) :twisted:

Re: Video of 14th Army in Burma

Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 12:26 pm
by Chris Hall
Sorted ! It was a BBC clipshow cut from various Pathe newsreels. The lady who saw it just grabbed her mobile and filmed it, then she put it on a Special Interest Group on Facebook that you have to be a member of. She's now uploaded it to YouTube.

So it's not fantastic quality but, unless and until the BBC post it up themselves, here it is:



All the best, and stay well,

Chris