BATTLE SCHOOL [Allocated Title]

Metadata


  • Title: BATTLE SCHOOL [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 351/7
  • 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.
  • Description: A platoon advancing across open ground from the cover of trees. Negotiating a stream in the swamp. Embarking in a reconnaissance boat. A cameraman filming the embarkation. The boat under mortar fire. Infantry giving fire cover for the boat, accompanied by a cameraman.
  • 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)
  • 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: 100 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • Notes: Summary: further details on the Battle School and the regiments training are in the dope sheets. Production credits: cameraman's name is written on the dope sheet but is illegible.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 351/7

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