Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Convoy of B Battery, Honourable Artillery Company, landing on Sicily.
Description: Shots taken from an LCT of landing craft in heavy seas. Various shots of troops and transport. Spray breaking over the deck. An LCT nearing the shore. Crew lining the iron deck waiting to go ashore. Various craft seen through a smoke screen. Priest gun moving down the deck of the LCT and approaching the beach. Bren carriers loaded with troops moving along the decks. Tracking shots from the Priest gun as it moves to the beaches. The Priest gun on the beach being prepared by gunners. Close ups of the crew. Priest guns moving into positions inland. A crew member making tea. Inscription on the armoured sides of the Priest gun reading [We’re there]. Panning shot from the inscription to a group of men on the sand dunes. Various shots of Italian prisoners loading ammunition into the Priest gun with the beach and LCT in the background. Tanks, transports and columns of infantry moving across the country inland with crew members and a gun in the foreground. The Priest gun firing. Close ups of crew loading the gun and range finding.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Horse Artillery, Honourable Artillery Company, 11th Regiment, B Battery (regiment/service)
Italian Army (regiment/service)
