EINDHOVEN WELCOMES THE GUARDS ARMOURED DIVISION [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: EINDHOVEN WELCOMES THE GUARDS ARMOURED DIVISION [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 163-1
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  • Summary: British ground forces enter Eindhoven - 30th Corps' second objective in Operation "Garden" - during their advance along a one road wide front to the Lower Rhine river crossings.
  • Description: Men belonging to the 5th Guards Armoured Brigade HQ and the 1st and 2nd Battalions Welsh Guards receive a warm welcome from Eindhoven's inhabitants as they drive through the town in three-ton lorries, half-tracks, and Sherman and Cromwell tanks.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 163-1
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-09-19
  • Production Country: GB
  • 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)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 99 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
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