Title:ACTIVITIES IN THE ORNE BRIDGEHEAD, JUNE 1944 (PART 4) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 44-2
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Summary: 1st Corps attempts to enlarge its hold on the Orne bridgehead.
Description: I. A 25-pounder gun detachment from 127th Field Regiment Royal Artillery's 301 Battery is seen in action near Colleville-sur-Orne against German positions some 4000 yards away. Infantrymen belonging to the 5th Battalion Cameron Highlanders file across the N 814 Caen-Cabourg road at Bénouville before crossing into the Orne bridgehead to take part in 152nd Brigade's abortive attack on Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonnerette the next day. Accompanying them are a Universal Carrier from the Battalion's support company and a captured Kübelwagen car; in the background lies a broken down Loyd Carrier.
II. Airspeed Horsa gliders lie wrecked and deserted on 6th Airlanding Brigade's D-Day landing zone in the verdant countryside around Ranville. Two Royal Marines Armoured Support Group tanks, a Centaur and a Sherman, patrol the area. Firefly and Sherman tanks from the 13/18th Hussars' 'C' Squadron take up defensive positions and patrol the recently captured village of Bréville. Men from the 12th Battalion Parachute Regiment tow a captured 5cm PaK 38 anti-tank gun across country behind their jeep. A Hussars tank commander keeps watch from his Sherman. Corpses of German soldiers from 346th Infantry Division and abandoned equipment (an ambulance, a staff car, a 2cm FlaK 30 gun, two Marder III self-propelled guns) are found in Bréville.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Gross, A C (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Artillery, Field Regiment 127, Bty 301 (regiment/service)
British Army, Cameron Highlanders, 5th Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Hussars, 13/18, Squadron C (regiment/service)
British Army, Parachute Regiment, 12th Battalion (regiment/service)
German Army, Div, Infantry, 346 (regiment/service)
Keywords: combat, British - artillery bombardment (object name)
weapons, British - gun: 25-pounder gun (object name)
weapons, German - gun [AA]: 2cm Flak 30 (object name)
weapons, German - gun [AT]: 5cm Pak 38 & [captured] (object name)
armour, British - tank: Centaur (object name)
armour, United States - tank: M4 Sherman & [British] (object name)
armour, United States - funnies: M4 Sherman Firefly & [British] (object name)
armour, German - SPG: Sdkfz 139 Marder III & [captured] (object name)
armour, British - carrier: Universal & [damaged] (object name)
armour, British - carrier: Loyd & [damaged] (object name)
transport, German military: [various] & [captured] (object name)
transport, German military - light utility: Kübelwagen & [captured] (object name)
aircraft, British - glider: Airspeed Horsa & [wrecked] (object name)
operations, British military - movement: road (object name)
Second World War, North West Europe & Operation Overlord & 12/6/1944 = 13/6/1944 (event)
Colleville-sur-Orne, Calvados, France (geography)
N 814 Caen-Cabourg Road, Benouville, Calvados, France (geography)
Ranville, Calvados, France (geography)
Bréville, Calvados, France (geography)
