OPERATION JUPITER (PART 1) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION JUPITER (PART 1) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 76-4
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  • Summary: Elements of 43rd (Wessex) Division's 130th Brigade go into action for the first time during Operation Jupiter.
  • Description: The 4th Battalion Dorset Regiment's rifle companies advance across fields towards Verson behind a creeping artillery barrage and flush out two Wehrmacht troopers as they over-run their concealed position. Artillery flares signalling the end of the preliminary bombardment burn in the wheat fields. Infantrymen riding through Verson on Loyd Carriers belonging to the Battalion's anti-tank platoon dismount prior to crossing the Odon River. Supported by Churchill tanks from the 9th Royal Tank Regiment, the Dorset Regiment advances towards Eterville; machine gun and mortar fire force troops to seek cover by some of the Battalion's transport before they continue pushing through waist-high wheat towards their objective.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-10
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Robinson, D (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Dorsetshire Regiment, 4th Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Tank Regiment, Bn 9 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, British - tank: Churchill (object name) armour, British - carrier: Loyd (object name) combat, British (object name) combat, British - mortar bombardment [I] (object name) combat, British - artillery bombardment (object name) prisoners of war, German - surrender (object name) Hill 112 (Operation Jupiter) 1944, North West Europe, Second World War (event) Verson, Calvados, France (geography) Éterville, Calvados, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: None Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 367 ft; Running time: 4 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Summary Operation Jupiter was an offensive aimed at breaking 2nd SS Panzer Korps' hold on Hill 112 and then forcing a bridgehead over the Orne River behind 1st SS Panzer Korps' front. Sergeant Robinson was killed while filming this material; another Army Film and Photographic Unit cameraman, Sergeant Leeson, was wounded while filming 129th Brigade in action Remarks: good action shots throughout. Much of this material was shot in poor light conditions
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