INCIDENTS ON CATANIA PLAIN FRONT [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: INCIDENTS ON CATANIA PLAIN FRONT [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 511/1/3
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Scenes of prisoners and guns in action, north of Ramacca, Sicily.
  • Description: Three wounded German prisoners of the Hermann Goering Regiment being attended by the Regimental Aid Post (RAP) of the 5th Cameronians, 152nd Brigade. A battery of 5.5 inch guns of the 212 Medium Battery, 64th Regiment, firing a salvo. Close up of a gun being reloaded. A gun firing and being prepared for reloading.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: AYY 511/1/3
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (AYY 511/1/3)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-07-23
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) French, Henry (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 152nd Brigade (regiment/service) British Army, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 5th Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Artillery, 64th Medium Regiment, 212 Battery (regiment/service) German Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Italy 1939-1945 (theme) Ramacca, Sicily, Italy (geography) Operation Husky, Allied Invasion of Sicily 1943, Italy, Second World War (event)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 96 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 511/1/3

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