30TH CORPS ADVANCES TOWARDS MONT PINCON [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: 30TH CORPS ADVANCES TOWARDS MONT PINCON [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 113-17
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  • Summary: Armoured units spearhead 30th Corps' two-pronged drive south-eastwards from Caumont to Le Mesnil-Auzouf and Aunay-sur- Odon.
  • Description: A Churchill AVRE from the 79th Armoured Division's 1st Assault Brigade RE rumbles out of the village of Le Mesnil-Auzouf. A shot-up Kübelwagen and a burnt-out SdKfz 250/1 half-track from the 21st Panzer Division (?) are found in a ditch by the N477 highway between Le Mesnil-Auzouf and Jurques; the driver of the Kübelwagen, unable to abandon his vehicle, has been burnt to a crisp. Further along the road a column of Sherman tanks (either from the 8th Armoured Brigade or 7th Armoured Division's HQ troop) and a lone Morris Bofors self-propelled gun passes an abandoned Sherman tank which has had its gun barrel shot away. At the cross-roads village of Jurques, 30th Corps sappers probe the roadside verges for mines; a two-man team of minehunters unearths two Teller mines. M10 Wolverines from the 65th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment RA bypass a crater blocking the road from Jurques to Aunay-sur-Odon.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 113-17
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-04
  • 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, Royal Engineers (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 30 (regiment/service) British Army, Div, Armoured, 79 (regiment/service) British Army, Bde, Armoured, 8 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, British - funnies: Churchill AVRE (object name) transport, German military - car: Kübelwagen (object name) casualties, German dead - battlefield (object name) equipment, British military - damage control: mine detector (object name) operations, British military - mines: clearance (object name) armour, United States - SPG: M10 Wolverine (object name) Teller mine (object name) Operation Bluecoat, Mont Pinçon 1944, North West Europe, Second World War (event) 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: 168 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    A70 113-17

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