Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Men in training at the 54th Division Battle Training School at Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
Description: 19-22 February. Signboard for the Battle School. Students alighting from a lorry, dropping from the tailboard onto the road. Men rubbing damp cocoa into their faces for camouflage. Camouflaging hats with twigs. Sections moving into position to comb the woods for the enemy. Men advancing through a pool. A thunderflash is thrown. Men entering the wood. Advancing through wire. The final assault on an enemy outpost. Men of the 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion receiving instruction on mounting Bren carriers. Men waiting in front of carriers and taking position by the side. Men mounting and dismounting. Men mounting then dismounting with Bren guns and rifles. Men receiving instructions before moving off. Men moving past the camera. Starting signals are given with flags by the officer of the leading carrier.
Platoon leader Second Lieutenant Marsh gives the section leaders a map reference for the wood. The section leaders move forwards under cover. Men camouflaged in the wood. The final assault on enemy positions. Smokescreen. A Bren carrier exercise carried out by a carrier platoon of the 1st Battalion Buckinghamshire Regiment under Captain Royal. Flags signal the start of the exercise. The carriers advancing. Carriers going past the camera. Carriers rough riding. Men advancing along a railway bank in an exercise given by the 249th Field Company, Royal Engineers to destroy an enemy pillbox. Close-up of the section leader. Men running over the bank. A smokescreen is laid around the pillbox. Final assault on the pillbox. Men receiving instruction. Three telegraph poles are blown up with gun cotton. A fougasse is set off with a plunger.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Wootton, S, J (Gunner) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 54th Division (regiment/service)
British Army, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Engineers, 279th Field Company (regiment/service)
Keywords: Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, UK (geography)
