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Title:WRECKED 21ST PANZER DIVISION TANKS ARE DISCOVERED IN THE AFTERMATH OF 'GOODWOOD' [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 96-4
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Summary: Some indication of what a heavy bombing attack could do to an armoured formation is given by this film showing German tanks wrecked and half-buried by the preliminary RAF bombardment to the opening of Operation "Goodwood" in the vicinity of Emieville.
Description: Shown are two types of tank, the PzKpfw IV Ausf H, armed with a 7.5cm L/48 gun - the most common design encountered by the Allies in Normandy - and the redoubtable Tiger I Ausf E, armed with the deadly 8.8cm L/56 gun. The force of the blast from the bombs has blown one 56-ton Tiger tank upside down and has removed bogies and tracks from the Mark IV 'Specials'. The surrounding woods are littered with abandoned German equipment.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Smales, Edgar Hiram1920-08-071984-09-19 (Production individual)
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Keywords: armour, German - tank: Pzkpfw IV Ausf H & [wrecked] (object name)
armour, German - tank: Pzkpfw VI Ausf E & Tiger I & [wrecked] (object name)
destruction, French military - area: bomb (object name)
01/5(4-16).233 [ Operation Goodwood] (event)
Emieville, Calvados, France (geography)