Description: British troops serving with the 2nd and 3rd Battalions Irish Guards receive a friendly welcome from the citizens of Rongy and Antoing soon after crossing the Franco-Belgian border.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Leatherbarrow, RichardPrior to the Second World War Leatherbarrow was a portrait photographer. During the Second World War he joined the Royal Armoured Corps, transferring to the Army Film and Photographic Unit in 1943, when he received training at Pinewood. He was one of the cameramen on Juno Beach during the D-Day Landings. (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Irish Guards, Armoured 2nd Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Irish Guards, 3rd Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Guards Armoured Division (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps 30 (regiment/service)
British Army, Guards Bde Gp 32 (regiment/service)
Keywords: armour, United States - tank: M4 Sherman & [British] (object name)
armour, United States - funnies: M4 Sherman Prong & [British] (object name)
transport, British military - truck: Bedford 3-ton 4x4 QL (object name)
transport, British military - truck: Bedford 15cwt 4x2 (object name)
armour, United States - halftrack: M5 (object name)
Liberation (object name)
armour, United States - funnies: M4 Sherman Firefly & [British] (object name)
armour, British - carrier: Universal (object name)
weapons, British - gun [AT]: 57mm 6-pounder (object name)
Rongy, Hainaut, Belgium (geography)
Antoing, Hainaut, Belgium (geography)
