THE 'ATLANTIC WALL' NEAR CALAIS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: THE 'ATLANTIC WALL' NEAR CALAIS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 172-3
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  • Summary: The 3rd Canadian Division overruns German naval artillery positions covering the Straits of Dover at Cap Griz Nez during 1st Canadian Army's clearance of the Channel coast.
  • Description: The cameraman surveys one of the four 38cm (15 inch) gun casements at Haringzelles belonging to "Batterie Todt" and proceeds to examine (Along with AFPU and Canadian personnel) the massive reinforced concrete gun position's salient features, notably the long gun barrel still pointing across the Channel, an ammunition railways leading to the pock-marked gun casement (and a camouflaged stockpile of 38cm projectiles nearby) and an alarm bell. AFPU and Canadian officers and NCOs look out to sea through their binoculars. From the top of the casement, the cameraman looks out towards the Channel and surveys 'blitzed' cottages and bunkers used as billets by 242nd Kriegsmarine Coastal Artillery battalion and another massive 38cm gun emplacement.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 172-3
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-09-09
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Connolly, J R (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: Cap Gris-Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 185 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    A70 172-3

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