SECURITY [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SECURITY [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 288/1
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The 52nd Division on manoeuvres in Inverness-shire, Scotland.
  • Description: The Division advance from Fort Augustus along the road to attack Spear Bridge. A patrol climbing the mountainside. Vehicles in the roadway. Enemy Covenanter tanks manned by Polish crews await the attack. Enemy aircraft flying low over the 52nd Division as they advance towards the bridge. Troops supposedly take cover and fire at the aircraft. Troops climbing over a wall. A Commando patrol setting out on a mountain reconnaissance. Enemy tanks assembled on the Fort Augustus road. Commandos capture a Royal Army Medical Corps officer and hold him for interrogation. A Commando officer searches his pockets and removes his papers. Commandos laying a road block. 52nd Division taking cover in the woods two miles off Fort William prior to attack. Vehicles parked by the wood. The Division under the trees waiting to attack Fort William. Tanks in position. Forward wireless station.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-12-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Parkinson (Sergeant) (Production individual) Stewart (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 52nd Division (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 507 ft; Running time: 6 mins
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 288/1

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