BREN CARRIER ANTI-INVASION EXERCISE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BREN CARRIER ANTI-INVASION EXERCISE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 130
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: 11th Corps, Essex Division near Colchester, Essex. Platoons from 13th Sherwood Foresters, 1st Highland Light Infantry, 10th Battalion Essex Regiment, 8th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, 6th Battalion Northampton Regiment, 22nd Royal Fusiliers, 10th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, 13th Battalion Kings Liverpool Regiment, 7th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment. Shot taken from inside Bren carrier, long shot of carriers passing camera. Bren carriers in mass formation, about one hundred in all. Bren gun teams dismount from carriers and take positions. Carriers going though quarry and Bren guns firing. Carriers through wooded lane with deep shadows. Long shots of the hundred carriers through clouds of dust. Various shots of teams dismounting and firing Bren guns.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 130
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1941-06-18
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Rignold, Harry (Lieutenant) (Production individual) Glendinning, Hone1912-08-161997-08-26 (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 1100 ft; Running time: 11 mins
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