ARMOURED UNITS MOVE UP TO THE FRONT FOR OPERATION 'GOODWOOD' [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ARMOURED UNITS MOVE UP TO THE FRONT FOR OPERATION 'GOODWOOD' [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 85-4
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Universal carriers (1st Motor Battalion Grenadier Guards), a Valentine 'Scissors' bridgelayer (possibly 2nd Armoured Battalion Grenadier Guards), two Shermans (5th Guards Armoured Brigade HQ), two Cromwells, one Stuart VI and a Staghound armoured car (Guards Armoured Division HQ), several M10 Achilles 17-pounder self- propelled guns (21st Anti-Tank Regiment RA), a Humber scout car and another Cromwell tank (2nd Armoured Recce Battalion Welsh Guards 'A' squadron), several Loyd carriers and 6-pounder guns (1st Battalion Welsh Guards) and a squadron of Sherman Crab flail tanks (22nd Dragoons 'B' squadron) move up in hot and extremely dusty conditions towards the Orne river crossings as Operation "Goodwood" gets under way.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 85-4
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-18
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Collins (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Artillery (regiment/service) British Army, Welsh Guards, Armoured Recce 2nd Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Guards Armoured Division (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 8 (regiment/service) British Army, Dragoons, 22 (regiment/service) British Army, Bde, Armoured, 30 (regiment/service) British Army, Div, Armoured, 79 (regiment/service) British Army, Grenadier Guards, Motor 1st Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Div, Armoured, Guards, 5 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, British - carrier: Universal (object name) armour, British - funnies: Valentine bridgelayer (object name) armour, British - tank: Cromwell (object name) Stuart VI light tank (object name) armour, British - armoured car: Staghound (object name) armour, United States - SPG: M10 Achilles (object name) armour, British - armoured car: Humber scout car (object name) armour, United States - funnies: M4 Sherman Crab & [British] (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: 293 ft; Running time: 3 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    A70 85-4

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