EXERCISE WALTER [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: EXERCISE WALTER [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 213
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: AYY 213/1. 14 May 1942. No 3 Company 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards land with the support of Churchill tanks on Norris Castle Beach, Isle of Wight. Howitzers being loaded. Bulldozer pushing tank landing craft into position. Embarkation of troops. Troops in assault landing craft. Troops climbing cliffs. AYY 213/2. 18 May. 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards and 2nd Battalion Hampshires (Independent Guards Brigade Group) in Exercise Walter at Cowes, Isle of Wight. AYY 213/3. Churchill tanks go aboard tank landing craft. AYY 213/4. Landings at Norris Castle Beach.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: AYY 213
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-05-14
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) 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: 2538 ft; Running time: 26 mins
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