BRITISH TROOPS, BREN CARRIERS AND TANKS AT THE FRONT LINE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BRITISH TROOPS, BREN CARRIERS AND TANKS AT THE FRONT LINE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 5-1
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Shots include: Vimy Ridge Memorial, Landas, Orchies, Bercu, Drocourt, Dieppe, Argicourt [spelling?]. Units include: 18 Brigade Royal Artillery guns, Border Regiment carriers, 13th/18th Hussars carriers and tanks. Hospital ship, hospital train and hospital at Dieppe; ambulances at Argicourt; waterlogged countryside. Pill boxes, trench digging. French and English troops together.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: AYY 5-1
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 1939-11-02
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Rignold, Harry (Lieutenant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 977 ft; Running time: 11 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 5-1

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