INFANTRYMEN TAKE POSSESSION OF A WRECKED HAMLET DURING 43RD (WESSEX) DIVISION'S ADVANCE TO CONDÉ-SUR-NOIREAU [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: INFANTRYMEN TAKE POSSESSION OF A WRECKED HAMLET DURING 43RD (WESSEX) DIVISION'S ADVANCE TO CONDÉ-SUR-NOIREAU [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 123-3
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Seven riflemen from either the 4th or 7th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry scramble through the ruins of a farming hamlet and a neighbouring orchard in search of German stragglers and snipers during 43rd (Wessex) Division's drive towards Condé-sur-Noireau. The camera pans briefly over the 'bocage' in the direction of the Noireau valley (?).
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-14
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Parkinson (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Div 43 (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 30 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Normandy, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 88 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Note: See A70 123-4, which contains identical, complementary footage, and A70 126-3, 4, 6 and 7, 127-4 and 5, 128-2, 3 and 7 for footage showing 30th Corps advancing through the Noireau valley and refer generally to material showing the Corps advancing eastwards to Argentan, Gacé and L'Aigle. Remarks: Good footage. Best seen with the items of ciné material listed above, notably A70 123-4
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    A70 123-3

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