Description: Three Vickers medium machine-gun detachments belonging to the 2nd Battalion Cheshire Regiment's 'C' Company are seen in action. The cameraman focuses on one machine gun team laying down a creeping barrage on 276th Wehrmacht Infantry Division's positions, with steam being emitted from the Vickers' cooling jacket and condenser and discarded cartridges and ammunition belts piling up around the position. At a dugout which serves as 'C' company's HQ, the pipe-smoking captain in charge and four signallers receive firing orders from brigade HQ and relay them to their machine gun crews over field telephones; a bren-gunner crouching nearby scours the surrounding trees for snipers. A 3-man 4.2 inch mortar team from No. 14 platoon in the Cheshire Regiment's 'D' company attached to the machine gun company goes into action.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Ginger (Sergeant) (Production individual)
