MEDIUM ARTILLERY GOES INTO ACTION ON 12TH CORPS' FRONT (PART 2) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: MEDIUM ARTILLERY GOES INTO ACTION ON 12TH CORPS' FRONT (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 87-4
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Additional coverage of Sergeant Gross's material showing a gun detachment from the 67th (Suffolk) Regiment RA's 231 Battery firing a 5.5 inch gun on targets in the Evrecy - Hill 113 sector opposite 12th Corps front.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-17
  • 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, Royal Artillery (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 12 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: weapons, British - gun: 5.5-inch gun (object name) combat, British - artillery bombardment (object name) Normandy, 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: 93 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Note: See A70 87-3 for virtually identical footage and refer to A70 83-7 and 85-7 for footage showing 12th Corps' formations in action near Evrecy, A70 76-4, 5 and 6, 94-6 and 7, 96-2 and 3 for material showing the 43rd (Wessex) Division in the Hill 112 sector of the Odon valley and refer generally to footage shot during Operation "Epsom". Remarks: Good footage. Best seen with the items of ciné footage listed above, notably A70 87-3 Documentation/associated material: for a bibliography, refer to the publications listed in A70 83-7 and 85-7.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    A70 87-4

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