Title:THE 43RD (WESSEX) DIVISION ADVANCES TOWARDS CONDÉ-SUR-NOIREAU [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 123-4
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Summary:
Description: Enveloped in dust, a tracked vehicle rumbles along a dirt road beyond St Pierre la Vielle past an abandoned Soviet 122mm howitzer captured by the Wehrmacht on the eastern front and used by the Germans in the Normandy campaign. A section of seven riflemen from the 4th and 7th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry picks its way through a bombed-out and deserted stone hamlet while on the lookout for stray Germans during 43rd (Wessex) Division's advance towards Condé-sur-Noireau.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Carpenter, L (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Div 43 (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps 30 (regiment/service)
Keywords: weapons, German - gun: heavy artillery (object name)
Normandy, France (geography)