Summary: 15th (Kent) GHQ Troops RE assist 43rd (Wessex) Division troops in ferrying men and vehicles across the Seine.
Description: Men belonging to the 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment's 'A' company (?) drag a Class 5 ferry boat across a field to the river's edge at Vernon under the cover of a smoke-screen. After it has been launched, two ramps are placed across the boat onto which a jeep is then manhandled. Manned by engineers from 583 Field Company RE, the ferry carries the jeep to the north bank of the Seine.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Ginger (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Wiltshire Regiment, 5th Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Bde 129 (regiment/service)
British Army, Div 43 (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps 30 (regiment/service)
British Army, Army Film and Photographic Unit (regiment/service)
Keywords: operations, British military - routine: river crossing (object name)
transport, United States military - light utility: jeep & [British] (object name)
weapons, British - CBW: smokescreen (object name)
Vernon, Eure, France (geography)
Seine (River), France (geography)
