COUNTER BATTERY [Allocated Title]

Metadata


  • Title: COUNTER BATTERY [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 251/2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Observation procedure preceding a long range gun attack.
  • Description: Men from the 426th South Nottinghamshire (Hussars) Battery, Royal Horse Artillery firing a 5.5-inch gun. Movements made from the order Take Post to when the gun is fired. Detailed shots of the firing of the gun. The sixty-foot tower of the Flashspotters' Observation Post. The observer and operator taking ranges with the theodolite. Operator on the telephone to Counter Battery Officer giving bearings of enemy positions. Close-up of the theodolite.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-08-10
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Groom, G (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Artillery, Royal Horse Artillery (regiment/service) British Army, South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry, 426th Battery (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: El Alamein, Egypt (geography) El Alamein 1942, North Africa, Second World War (event) North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 664 ft; Running time: 7 mins
  • Notes: Continued from AYY 251/1.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 251/2

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