12TH CORPS LAUNCHES AN OFFENSIVE ON IIND SS PANZER CORPS' FRONT IN THE ODON VALLEY [Allocated Title]

Log in to create clips, download free screeners and save clips/films in Collections. Click here to find out more.

  • Title: 12TH CORPS LAUNCHES AN OFFENSIVE ON IIND SS PANZER CORPS' FRONT IN THE ODON VALLEY [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 83-7
  • Other titles:
  • Summary:
  • Description: Churchill tanks from 147th RAC's 'B' squadron assemble at dawn on July 16th 1944 at Tourville-sur-Odon before moving up to support 15th (Scottish) Division's assault on Evrecy. Wrecked equipment from both sides - an SdKfz 11 3t half-track and a Morris Quad and a 17-pounder gun - testify to the destructiveness of the fighting in the Odon valley. M10 SPGs from the 86th Anti- Tank Regiment RA move up to 227th Brigade's start-lines. Infantrymen serving with the 10th Highland Light Infantry march up the slopes of Hill 113 while German mortar fire falls in an adjoining field. Sherman Crab flail tanks from the 1st Lothian and Border Horse's 'C' squadron move up to clear minefields. German artillery air-bursts hang over a line of trees warning of deadlier shells to follow. Large numbers of British land-mines lie in neat rows where they have been lifted. An M5 half-track from 141st RAC's HQ squadron sets off to spot for artillery. Two SS panzer-men are led across the Odon as POWs. On the Caen - Villers-Bocage railway line, an RAP has been estate by 15th (Scottish) Division RAMC units at Verson station.
  • Alternative Title:
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 83-7
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-16
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Palmer, F A W (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Bde 227 (regiment/service) British Army, Bde, Armoured, 30 (regiment/service) British Army, Bde, Tank, 31 (regiment/service) British Army, Bde, Tank, 34 (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 12 (regiment/service) British Army, Div 15 (regiment/service) British Army, Highland Light Infantry, 10th Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Lothians and Border Horse, 1st Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Middlesex Regiment, 1st Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Army Medical Corps (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Artillery (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Armoured Corps 141 (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Armoured Corps 147 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, British - carrier: Universal (object name) weapons, British - gun [AA]: 17-pounder gun (object name) armour, British - tank: Churchill (object name) armour, German - halftrack: Sdkfz 11/3t (object name) armour, United States - funnies: M4 Sherman Crab & [British] (object name) armour, United States - halftrack: M5 (object name) armour, United States - SPG: M10 Wolverine (object name) prisoners of war, German - movement (object name) transport, British military - ambulance: Humber 8cwt 4x4 (object name) transport, British military - truck, special: Morris Quad 4x4 tractor (object name) 01/5(4-16).2 [ Operation Greenline] (event) Tourville-sur-Odon, Calvados, France (geography) Verson, Calvados, 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: 586 ft; Running time: 6 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    A70 83-7

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:
Register