Title:SCENES IN THE NORMANDY BEACH-HEAD D+1, D+2 (PART 8) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 36-2
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Summary: Commandos and paratroopers join forces in 6th Airborne Division's sector of the Orne bridgehead.
Description: The camera examines a pre-war Michelin milestone in the small village of L'Écarde situated a half mile from Amfréville on the Ouistreham-Cabourg road. Smoke from a burning German stores dump hangs over a field dotted with anti-glider poles. A member of the 9th Parachute Regiment escorts a wounded Wehrmacht gefreiter into L'Écarde. Two jeep-loads of airborne troops from the 12th Devonshire Regiment (?) arrive in 1st Special Service and 3rd Parachute Brigades' sector from Lion-sur- Mer. A No 6 Commando troop HQ section takes a rest in a roadside ditch. Twenty captives from the 716th Infantry Division are seen in the Commando's custody. Watched by Captain Evans of the Army Film and Photographic Unit (?), a commando officer dictates a message to a signaller with a No 18 wireless set. Commandos dig in, cook a meal and go onto the alert in their slit trench. An airborne officer uses his jeep-mounted radio in Le Plein. A commando takes up position by a barn door. The camera peers down a lane towards the German lines. Commandos get water from a hand pump. Men from both specialist units are seen in possession of Le Plein.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Clague, N (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Evans, L J (person)
German Army, Div, Infantry, 716 (regiment/service)
British Army, Parachute Regiment, 9th Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, 1st Special Service Brigade (regiment/service)
British Army, Parachute Bde 3 (regiment/service)
British Army, Devonshire Regiment, Bn 12 (?) (regiment/service)
British Army, 6 Commando (regiment/service)
British Army, Army Film and Photographic Unit (regiment/service)
Keywords: defences, German - emplacement: anti-glider stakes (object name)
buildings, German - military: stores dump & [wrecked] (object name)
prisoners of war, German - custody (object name)
operations, British military - preparation: combat (object name)
communications, British military - electronic: wireless, No 18 (object name)
Second World War, North West Europe & Operation Overlord & 6/6/1944 (event)
Amfreville, Calvados, France (geography)
L'Ecarde, Calvados, France (geography)
Le Plein, Calvados, France (geography)
