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Title:8TH CORPS CONTINUES ITS ADVANCE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 116-8
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Summary: The Germans retreat before the advance made by 8th British Corps and Vth US Corps in the Vire sector of the Normandy front, leaving behind them wrecked equipment and blown-up bridges.
Description: At La Graverie on the outskirts of Etouvy, a badly-damaged 8.8cm Flak 36 dual-purpose gun stands guard over the single-track railway line that runs from Vire to Le Beny-Bocage and beyond. The gun's railway command car, torn and twisted out of shape by bomb blast, lies derailed a few yards away. Three miles away to the south-east, the Vire-Estry road has been gapped by the Germans at Le Pont de Vaudry where it crosses the Alliere river south of Montisanger. Nearby, the river - in reality little more than a stream - has been bridged by a 3rd Division unit, 253rd Field Company RE, using a Valentine 'Scissors' bridgelayer.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Lawrie, William Fairlie1919-07-01Family origin: Glasgow, Scotland (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Engineers (regiment/service)
British Army, Div 3 (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps 8 (regiment/service)
Keywords: armour, German - gun [AA]: 8.8cm Flak 40 dual-purpose gun & [damaged] (object name)
transport, French civilian - rail: locomotives and rolling stock (object name)
operations, Allied military - movement: river crossing (object name)
destruction, French military - area: bomb (object name)
Operation Bluecoat, Mont Pinçon 1944, North West Europe, Second World War (event)
Normandy, France (geography)