VILLERS-BOCAGE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: VILLERS-BOCAGE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 113-4
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  • Summary: The scene of bitter fighting between the 7th Armoured Division and elements of the 2nd Panzer Division and I SS Panzer Korps on June 13th 1944 and heavily bombed since then, Villers- Bocage falls into the hands of the 59th (Staffordshire) Division.
  • Description: Troops and vehicles from 197th Brigade enter the ruined and deserted town in the evening of August 4th.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 113-4
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-04
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Watkins, R V (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Div 59 (regiment/service) British Army, Bde 176 (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 12 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Operation Bluecoat, Mont Pinçon 1944, North West Europe, Second World War (event) Normandy, France (geography) Villers-Bocage, Calvados, 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: 67 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    A70 113-4

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