BATTLE SCHOOL [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BATTLE SCHOOL [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 351/4
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Training at the 54th Division Battle Training School at Aldeburgh, Suffolk. A competition in handling a 6 pounder anti-tank gun, an attack exercise and a river crossing exercise.
  • Description: 1 and 2 March. Number 7 Platoon beginning to haul the gun. The platoon on the return journey. Captain French, one of the instructors, seated on the gun barrel as a counterweight and shouting encouragement. Men leaping a wide ditch. An explosion caused by hand grenades. A 2-inch mortar firing bombs. Explosives fire on enemy positions. Assault boats being carried from the truck to the assembling point. Inflating the reconnaissance boat. Close-up of a foot operating the pump. The paddles being assembled. Launching the reconnaissance boat. Pulling away in the boat. A section entering the assault boat and paddling away. The assault boat in midstream amid explosions. The assault boat coming into view through the smoke. A man running with the reconnaissance boat on his back. A section assembling the assault boat. Boat struts being pushed into position. The assault boat being dismantled.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-03-01
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Ginger (Private) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 54th Division, Battle Training School (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, UK (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 240 ft; Running time: 3 mins
  • Notes: Further details on the Battle School and the regiments training are in the dope sheets.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 351/4

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