15TH (SCOTTISH) DIVISION ADVANCES WITH 12TH CORPS TO THE LOWER SEINE (PART 1) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: 15TH (SCOTTISH) DIVISION ADVANCES WITH 12TH CORPS TO THE LOWER SEINE (PART 1) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 140-3
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  • Summary:
  • Description: CMP, Austin and Fordson trucks and lorries from the 15th (Scottish) Division head along a wooded section of the Livarot-Vimoutiers road and through the village of St Foy-de-Montgommery. The cameraman surveys Vimoutiers, with its church standing intact among the surrounding ruins. A CMP 3-ton lorry rumbles along a bumpy road past pioneers at work on improving the road outside Vimoutiers. Troops examine the remains of AFVs and motorised transport (including a Sturmgeschütz III) lying in a bomb crater on the road to Orbec, which, as it was the Germans' main escape route, is seen lined with destroyed German vehicles. The cameraman scans the countryside around Orbec. Vehicles belonging to the Scottish division drive past an abandoned PzKpfw IV Ausf H tank in the undamaged town. Demolished by the Germans in order to block the road into Bernay, a house now rests lopsidedly on its foundations. In Bernay, infantrymen and RASC drivers in Bedford QLT lorries are given drinks by civilians. Shermans from the 4th Armoured Brigade head through the town. Sappers push a Bailey bridge into position over the River Risle at Beaumont-le-Roger. The 6th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers enters the town along the Evreux-Bernay railway line.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 140-3
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-25
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Gordon, J (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Div 15 (regiment/service) British Army, Scots Fusiliers, Royal, 6th Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Bde 44 (regiment/service) British Army, Armoured Bde 4 (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Army Service Corps (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Engineers (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 12 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, German - SPG: StuG III & [wrecked] (object name) armour, German - tank: Pzkpfw IV Ausf H (object name) destruction, German military - aimed: bombardment (object name) engineering, military, British: Bailey bridge (object name) engineering, military, British: road repair (object name) operations, Allied military - movement: road (object name) transport, German - halftrack: Opel Maultier (object name) transport, Canadian military - truck: CMP 3-ton truck (object name) transport, British military - truck: Austin 3-ton 4x4 truck (object name) transport, United States military - truck: Fordson 15cwt 4x2 (object name) transport, British military - truck: Bedford 3-ton 4x4 QLT (object name) engineering, military, British: Bailey bridge (object name) law and order, Allied - liberation (?) (object name) Beaumont-le-Roger, Eure, France (geography) Bernay, Eure, France (geography) Evreux-Bernay Railway, Eure, France (geography) Orbec, Calvados, France (geography) Risle (River), France (geography) Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery, Calvados, France (geography) Vimoutiers, Orne, 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: 293 ft; Running time: 3 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
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