INFANTRYMEN OF THE 53RD (WELSH) DIVISION IN ACTION (PART 1) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: INFANTRYMEN OF THE 53RD (WELSH) DIVISION IN ACTION (PART 1) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 194-4
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  • Summary: A reconstruction for the AFPU of an infantry action on 53rd (Welsh) Division's front over the Wessem Canal west of Roermond.
  • Description: Two infantrymen serving with the 1st Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry's 'B' company dash forward to take up position at the edge of a wood and fire several rounds with their SMLE rifles. A two-man PIAT team from the same unit fires several bombs at trees standing on sloping ground; the projectiles explode in the undergrowth behind them with considerable force.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 194-4
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-11-15
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Army Film Unit (Production company) Watkins, R V (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: Holland, southern (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 116 ft.; Running time: 1 min.
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    A70 194-4

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