Title:ANTI-TANK GUNNERS FROM 59TH (STAFFORDSHIRE) DIVISION TAKE A BREAK (PART 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 77-7
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Summary: Gunners serving in the 6th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment's anti-tank platoon relax during their spell in reserve with 177th Brigade.
Description: The cameraman surveys the site in the village of La Bijude where the six-pounder anti-tank gun detachment has built or taken over a covered dugout and an adjacent slit-trench, in which two gunners, clutching their SMLE rifles, are seen asleep. An alarm clock wakens the gunners who take up position with their rifles in the slit-trench; on realising that no emergency call to arms has taken place, the two men vent their annoyance at the clock by throwing dirt at it and go back to sleep (3 takes). Seen harbouring in the field in the background are Sherman tanks belonging to the 13/18th Hussars.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Connolly, J R (Production individual)