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Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: No. 4 Commando, Special Service Brigade in a mock seaborne raid on cliffs near Zennor, St Ives, Cornwall known as The Brandys. The exercise was a seaborne landing on an area with no beach, followed by a climb with full kit up vertical cliffs to seize a target.
Description: The sea and cliffs. Men from D Troop advance across the rocks to the edge of the cliff after landing from boats. Men climbing in single file. A man climbing the rocks with the sea below. A man on the face of the cliff silhouetted against the skyline. View from below of three men climbing up the cliff. Men scrambling up the cliff. Close up of a rifleman laying on the ground on top of the cliff, giving covering fire to advancing troops during the assault. The same man taking up his position on the rocks. A Vickers machine gun team advancing to take up position. The Number 1 prepares the base for the gun and beckons the Number 2 to advance with the gun. The Number 2 appears with the gun. Close up of the Number 2's hands inserting the pin to secure the gun to the base. The Number 3 appears with ammunition, he hands it to the Number 2 who loads the gun with the Number 1. The gun ready for action. A guide appears at a break in the cliff with a rope. He fastens the rope around a rock and secures it with a knot. Close up of man's hands tying the knot. The guide throws the rope down the cliff for the remainder of the troops. Close up of the guide's boot as it digs in to a small ledge of rock on the face of the cliff. Close up of a man's hand grasping for support on the face of the cliff. The guide going up the vertical cliff. Troops landing on rocks from the landing craft. A landing craft full of men being slid into the sea. An empty landing craft being paddled from the rocks back to the Landing Craft Transport (LCT) with four men still left in it. Two landing craft attempting to land. Landing craft near the rocks.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]