Title:TROOPS FROM THE 50TH (NORTHUMBRIAN) DIVISION RECEIVE A WARM WELCOME FROM FRENCH VILLAGERS (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 133-2
Other titles:
Summary: 151st (Durham) Brigade leads 50th (Northumbrian) Division's unopposed progress along the N24 bis.
Description: Sherman tanks belonging to the 13/18th Hussars 'C' squadron motor through the centre of L'Aigle with motorcycle despatch riders, jeeps and a Bedford OY (?) lorry; note the unit direction signs chalked by the retreating Germans onto the church seen here. Riding in Universal carriers, jeeps, Fordson WOT2 15-cwt trucks and WOT6 3-ton lorries and early type CMP 15-cwt trucks, troops serving with the 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry are warmly greeted by the inhabitants of Chandai as they motor through the village along the N24 bis (?); a 'Redcap' on point duty by his BSA (?) motorcycle directs the convoy off the main road towards Beaujour (where the DLI will go into temporary reserve with the rest of 50th Division).
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Covey (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Hussars, 13/18 (regiment/service)
British Army, Bde 151 (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps 30 (regiment/service)
British Army, Bde, Armoured, 8 (regiment/service)
British Army, Durham Light Infantry, 8th Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Military Police (regiment/service)
British Army, Div 50 (regiment/service)
Keywords: armour, British - carrier: Universal (object name)
transport, British military - truck: Fordson 15cwt 4x2 truck (object name)
transport, British military - truck: Fordson 3-ton 4x4 truck (object name)
transport, Canadian military - truck: CMP truck (object name)
celebrations, French - liberation: Chandai (object name)
armour, United States - tank: M4 Sherman & [British] (object name)
Chandai, Orne, France (geography)
