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Title:AUNAY-SUR-ODON IS CAPTURED BY 2ND ARMY [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 113-21
Other titles:
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.
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)