Title:ARTILLERY IN ACTION IN 12TH CORPS SECTOR OF HELL'S HIGHWAY (PART 4) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 171-3
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Summary: A medium artillery regiment goes into action with 3rd AGRA outside Uden in support of 7th Armoured Division.
Description: I. A 5.5 inch gun detachment from 13th Medium Regiment RA's 90th Battery goes into action against units of the German 15th Army moving through s'Hertogenbosch from gun lines nine miles away outside the village of Loosbroek. Gunners unload 5.5 inch projectiles from the back of an ammunition lorry to replenish firing stocks.
II. An AEC Matador tractor from the battery (with a 5.5 inch gun in travelling order in two arrives at its) new firing position of Loosbroek. The sergeant in charge of the gun detachment is seen preparing shells for firing by screwing on fuse caps, fitting fuses. The gun detachment is then seen in action.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Gordon, J (Production individual)
