TROOPS BELONGING TO AN ARMOURED REGIMENT PREPARE FOR D-DAY LANDINGS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: TROOPS BELONGING TO AN ARMOURED REGIMENT PREPARE FOR D-DAY LANDINGS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 23-2
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  • Summary: Tank crews prepare their machines for D-Day.
  • Description: A young woman takes her child for a walk past tank crewmen belonging to the 13/18th Hussars' 'C' Squadron doing last minute maintenance on their Sherman tanks parked along a surburban street in A7 Transit Camp, Portsmouth. A tank commander shows the little girl his .38 Enfield service pistol. Crew members rest and catch up with domestic chores in the warm summer sun. Men queue up to receive a hot lunch from a mobile canteen. Two cavalrymen are seen in close-up eating their meal which consists of mashed potato and stew.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 23-2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-06-02
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) O'Neill, F D (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Hussars, 13/18, Squadron C (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, United States - tank: M4 Sherman & [British] (object name) weapons, British - smallarm: Enfield .38 Mark I pistol (object name) operations, British military - maintenance: armour (object name) society, British military - sustenance (object name) society, British military - friendship (object name) GB, England & Portsmouth, Hants <A7 Transit Camp> (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 98 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    A70 23-2

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