25 POUNDERS IN ACTION [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: 25 POUNDERS IN ACTION [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 514/3
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The 69th Infantry Brigade, Royal Artillery attacking Catania Plain.
  • Description: Close ups of men firing 25 pounder guns. Loading and firing the guns. A man shouting firing instructions through a megaphone. Layers setting the range. The sergeant orders fire. A gun elevating. Guns firing. A gun elevating. The gun barrel elevating.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: AYY 514/3
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (AYY 514/3)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-07-24
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Baker, Robert Sidney1916-10-272009-09-30 (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 69th Infantry Brigade (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Artillery (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Italy 1939-1945 (theme) Catania, Sicily, Italy (geography) Operation Husky, Allied Invasion of Sicily 1943, Italy, Second World War (event)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 95 ft; Running time: 1 min
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