AUNAY-SUR-ODON IS CAPTURED BY 2ND ARMY [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AUNAY-SUR-ODON IS CAPTURED BY 2ND ARMY [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 113-21
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  • Summary: Additional coverage of the devastation in the village of Aunay-sur-Odon, captured by both the 7th Armoured Division and the 59th (Staffordshire) Division.
  • Description: Several wrecked German army waggons (?) and dead horses (?) are found among the heaps of rubble and bomb-craters filled with stagnant water. A 7th Armoured Division bulldozer starts clearing operations.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 113-21
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-05
  • 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 59 (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 12 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: destruction, French military - area: bomb (object name) Operation Bluecoat, Mont Pinçon 1944, North West Europe, Second World War (event) Normandy, 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: 200 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

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