Title:MEDIUM ARTILLERY GOES INTO ACTION ON 12TH CORPS' FRONT (PART 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 87-3
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Summary:
Description: A 5.5-inch gun team belonging to the 67th (Suffolk) Medium Regiment RA's 231 Battery bombards positions occupied by units serving with the II SS Panzer Korps around Evrecy and Hill 113 opposite 12th Corps. Of interest in this film are the hot and dusty conditions prevalent throughout Normandy at this time and the lax measures taken by the gun detachment to camouflage their gun.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Gross, A C (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)