BRITISH TROOPS ATTEND A BATTLE-SCHOOL SET UP BY THE 59TH (STAFFORDSHIRE) DIVISION (PART 3) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BRITISH TROOPS ATTEND A BATTLE-SCHOOL SET UP BY THE 59TH (STAFFORDSHIRE) DIVISION (PART 3) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 110-9
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  • Summary:
  • Description: A sergeant instructor serving in 59th (Staffordshire) Division's battle-school lectures a class of twenty or so pupils on tactics with the aid of diagrams chalked onto a blackboard. Three trainees learn how to operate a German 8.0 cm mortar and two bolder spirits try their hand at firing an MG 42 light machine-gun.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-02
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Johnson, John Norman (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Div 59 (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 12 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: weapons training (object name) weapons, British - smallarm: MG 42 machine gun (object name) weapons, - mortar: 8.0cm mortar (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: 97 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Note: See with A70 110-7 and 8 for footage shot at 59th Division's battle-school and refer to A70 110-3 for material taken at 6th Airborne Division's mine-school where German weapons were used for Training purposes. Remarks: Best seen with items of footage listed above.
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    A70 110-9

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