Title:TROOPS BELONGING TO AN ARMOURED REGIMENT PREPARE FOR D-DAY LANDINGS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 23-2
Other titles:
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.
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)
