Title:TANKS RETURNING FROM DIEPPE RAID [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 248/2
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The Calgary Regiment returning to England after the Dieppe Raid. Scenes at Dieppe.
Description: Boats forming into position prior to landing. German plane crashing into the sea. Enemy aircraft flying. Tank Landing Craft in line before arriving on the beach at Stoke's Bay near Gosport, Hampshire. Churchill tanks landing. Tanks being driven ashore. Various scenes of tanks driving through the water and unloading activity. One tank bears the name Acorn, another is Clive. Calgary Regiment, 14th Canadian Army Tank Brigade. Some repeated shots of Dieppe from AYY 248/1.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Stewart (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Parkinson, H (Production individual)
Rignold, Harry (Captain)1943-09-12Cameraman, service number 98582, killed in action during Salerno landings. See http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=938723 accessed 7 March 2011 (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Canadian Army, 14th Canadian Army Tank Battalion (Calgary Regiment) (regiment/service)
Keywords: Stokes Bay, Hampshire, England, UK (geography)
Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France (geography)
Dieppe 1942, Commando Raids, Second World War (event)
Amphibious Warfare (theme)
