THE 43RD (WESSEX) DIVISION ADVANCES TOWARDS CONDÉ-SUR-NOIREAU [Allocated Title]

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  • 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.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 123-4
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-14
  • Production Country: GB
  • 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)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 96 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    A70 123-4

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