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Pictured: A Vickers Medium tank running on The Tank Museum track. <br />
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A museum's virtual tank festival has proved an unlikely internet sensation - attracting over one million views.<br />
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The Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset, normally welcomes 25,000 visitors each year for Tankfest, their three day marquee event.<br />
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But with visitors unable to attend this year due to the coronavirus, bosses put on a live, three hour programme instead.<br />
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To their amazement, the live stream was watched by over a million enthusiasts all over the world - 40 times the number who could have been there in person.<br />
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The live stream also raised £80,000 for the museum, a much needed financial boost during these times of economic uncertainty.

BNPS.co.uk (01202) 558833.
Pic: TheTankMuseum/BNPS

Pictured: A Vickers Medium tank running on The Tank Museum track.

A museum's virtual tank festival has proved an unlikely internet sensation - attracting over one million views.

The Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset, normally welcomes 25,000 visitors each year for Tankfest, their three day marquee event.

But with visitors unable to attend this year due to the coronavirus, bosses put on a live, three hour programme instead.

To their amazement, the live stream was watched by over a million enthusiasts all over the world - 40 times the number who could have been there in person.

The live stream also raised £80,000 for the museum, a much needed financial boost during these times of economic uncertainty.