Metadata
- 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.
- 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
- Notes: Note: See A70 111-5, 112-5 and 6, 113-5, 6, 7, 15, 18 and 19, 116-6, 118-3 and 4, 124-1, 2, 3 and 6, 126-8, 10 and 11 for footage showing 12th Corps' formations in action near Villers- Bocage, in the Orne bridge-head at Goupillieres and during the advance towards Falaise. Villers-Bocage, partially wrecked by fighting there on June 13th 1944, was attacked by RAF heavy bombers on June 30th. Remarks: Best seen with items of ciné material listed above, notably A70 113-5 which contains similar footage. This material was shot in poor light conditions and-or with a faulty aperture setting. Documentation/associated material: for a bibliography, refer to the publications listed in A70 111-5 and 'A Short History of the 7th Armoured Division June 1945-July 1945 by BAOR.
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