Summary: Scenes in 49th Division's sector during the fighting for Rauray.
Description: Three soldiers on a motorcycle, an 8th Armoured Brigade Humber scout car and Universal and Loyd Carriers belonging to the 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry make their way from the front line back to Fontenay-le-Pesnel. At a regimental aid post set up in a farmyard in the village, those wounded in 70th Brigade's assault on Rauray are brought in for treatment while nearby the dead are buried. A section of infantrymen from the 10th DLI is seen dug in near the Cheux-Vendes/Fontenay-Rauray crossroads. Nearby lies a wrecked Hitlerjugend Panther tank; in the background is the smouldering wreck of an M10 Achilles from the 55th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery. The infantrymen enjoy a meal in their trench. Troops who had gone over to investigate the M10 run for cover as it threatens to explode. Five men from the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry's 'A' Squadron ride on a battered Tiger tank they captured from the 501st SS Heavy Tank Battalion.
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, Bde, Armoured, 8 (regiment/service)
British Army, Bde 70 (regiment/service)
British Army, Durham Light Infantry, 10th Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Yeomanry, Sherwood Rangers, Squadron A (regiment/service)
Keywords: armour, British - armoured car: Humber scout car (object name)
armour, British - carrier: Universal (object name)
armour, British - carrier: Loyd (object name)
armour, United States - SPG: M10 Achilles & [British] & [wrecked] (object name)
armour, German - tank: Pzkpfw V & Panther & [wrecked] (object name)
armour, German - tank: Pzkpfw VI & Tiger & [captured] (object name)
transport, British military - 2/3 wheel: motorcycle (object name)
operations, British military - return (object name)
medical, British military - emergency: regimental aid post (object name)
casualties, British wounded - battlefield (object name)
casualties, British graves - battlefield (object name)
society, British military - sustenance (object name)
01/5(4-16).232 [ Operation Epsom] (event)
Rauray, Calvados, France (geography)
