ARTILLERY AND ARMOURED UNITS PARTICIPATE IN 43RD (WESSEX) DIVISION'S ASSAULT ON BRICQUESSARD [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ARTILLERY AND ARMOURED UNITS PARTICIPATE IN 43RD (WESSEX) DIVISION'S ASSAULT ON BRICQUESSARD [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 105-4
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  • Summary:
  • Description: A Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry (SRY) Sherman tank heads across country past a troop of Essex Yeomanry Sexton self-propelled guns engaged in bombarding German units in the vicinity of Bricquessard from their gun-lines in the Bois de Bricquessard. The Sherman is overtaken by a Fordson 30-cwt (?) lorry which in turn is pursued by a soldier who is either trying to stop it or trying to cadge a lift. A Loyd carrier from one of 129th (?) Brigade battalion's anti-tank platoons tows a six-pounder gun past a Sexton from which an empty shell-case is thrown out by one of its crew. Wehrmacht troops from the 326th Infantry Division taken prisoner during 129th Brigade's assault on Bricquessard form up before being marched off to a divisional POW cage. Universal carriers from the 8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, 43rd (Wessex) Division's fire-support battalion, are used to transport wounded German prisoners to a regimental aid post near La Paumerie. Two SRY tanks pound the dust as they head towards Cahagnes.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 105-4
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-30
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Parkinson (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Corps 30 (regiment/service) British Army, Yeomanry, Sherwood Rangers (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Artillery (regiment/service) British Army, Bde, Armoured, 8 (regiment/service) British Army, Middlesex Regiment, 8th Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Div 43 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, United States - tank: M4 Sherman & [British] (object name) armour, United States - funnies: M4 Sherman Firefly & [British] (object name) armour, British - carrier: Universal (object name) armour, British - SPG: Sexton 25-pounder (object name) prisoners of war (object name) Operation Bluecoat, Mont Pinçon 1944, North West Europe, Second World War (event) 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: 100 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
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