30TH CORPS ENGINEERS BRIDGE THE SEINE AT VERNON [Allocated Title]

Metadata


  • Title: 30TH CORPS ENGINEERS BRIDGE THE SEINE AT VERNON [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 139-6
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: Engineers from two of 43rd (Wessex) Division's field companies and 7th Army Troops Engineers construct Class 9 and Class 40 pontoon bridges over the Seine at Vernon, thus allowing reinforcements to cross into 30th Corps' bridgehead on the north bank of the river.
  • Description: Transport and anti-tank artillery belonging to 130th Brigade head slowly across the 650-foot long Class 9 Folding Boat bridge built by 553 and 204 Field Companies RE. A cumbersome 17-pounder anti-tank gun belonging to the 59th Anti-Tank Regiment's 233 Battery RA is manhandled onto the light pontoon bridge. Meanwhile, with the assistance of a mobile crane, 7th Army Troops Engineers prepare a Class 40 floating Bailey bridge for construction on the south bank of the Seine. Despatch riders and detachments from the 4th Battalion Dorset Regiment's carrier and anti-tank platoons and infantrymen on foot head through Vernon and slowly move over the light pontoon bridge to the north bank.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-27
  • 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, Dorsetshire Regiment, 4th Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Bde 130 (regiment/service) British Army, Div 43 (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 30 (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Engineers (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: transport, British military - truck, special: Morris Quad 4x4 tractor (object name) weapons, British - gun [AA]: 17-pounder gun (object name) weapons, British - gun [AT]: 57mm 6-pounder (object name) armour, British - carrier: Universal (object name) armour, British - carrier: Loyd (object name) operations, Allied military - movement: river crossing (object name) engineering, military, British: Class 9 folding boat bridge (object name) engineering, military, British: light pontoon bridge (object name) engineering, military, British: Class 40 Bailey bridge (object name) signs, military and civilian (object name) Vernon, Eure, France (geography) Seine (River), 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: 170 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • Notes: Note: See with A70 135-3, 4 and 5, 136-9, 10 and 11, 139-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8, 140-5, 141-3 and 142-6, 7 and 9 for footage showing 30th Corps' crossing of the Seine at Vernon. Remarks: Good footage. Best seen with items listed above, notably A70 4, 5 and 7. Documentation/associated material: read H Essame's 'The 43rd Wessex Division at War 1944-1945', Major-General Pakenham-Walsh's 'The History of the Corps of Royal Engineers : Volume IX', 2nd Army HQ's 'The Account of the Operations of the 2nd Army in Europe 1944-1945 : Volume 1', L F Ellis' 'The History of the 2nd World War - Victory in the West : Volume 1'.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    A70 139-6

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:
Related Records