BATTLE SCHOOL [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BATTLE SCHOOL [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 351/6
  • 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. River crossing exercise and an attack on an enemy pillbox.
  • Description: A section carrying the assault boat to the water. Instructors erecting the reconnaissance boat. Fitting the valve in the dinghy. Inflating the rubber dinghy with a foot pump. The reconnaissance boat crosses the river under enemy fire. The assault boat crosses under enemy fire using a smokescreen as protective cover. Number 8 Platoon waiting for the order to attack. The platoon advances cautiously. The platoon race to attack through the smoke barrage. They charge the enemy position. A Bren gun provides covering fire. A mortar crew race to attack the enemy position.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-03-02
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Harding, T (Bombardier) (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: 200 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • Notes: Further details on the Battle School and the regiments training are in the dope sheets.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 351/6

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