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Title:7TH ARMOURED DIVISION TAKES PART IN OPERATION PHEASANT - 12TH CORPS ASSAULT ON S'HERTOGENBOSCH (PART 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 182-8
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Summary: Supported by specialised armoured detachments, 131st (Queen's) Brigade goes into action against a German outpost line covering the south-eastern approaches to s'Hertogenbosch.
Description: A jeep, a Daimler scout car and a Humber scout car from units supporting the Queen's Brigade are seen in a column filing across country between Middlerode (?) and Laar (?) north of the Zuidwillemsvaart Canal; two jeeps, one carrying 1/5th Battalion Queen's Regiment's first casualties, make their way to the rear. Stretcher bearers and riflemen attached to the battalion's second wave move through woodland towards their objective; a Sherman OP tank(?) and a universal carrier from the 1/5th Queen's support company move up along a muddy track. A farm building in the village of Laar (?) set on fire by British artillery is seen burning. During the 1/5th Battalion's assault on Laar, two Westminster Dragoons Sherman Crabs 'flail' the road leading into the village; an infantry section dashes forward under fire; two 141st RAC 'C' squadron Churchill Crocodiles move into the attack; an 8th Hussars 'A' squadron Cromwell opens fire with its co-axial Besa machine-gun on a German machine gun post in woods outside Laar where a Churchill Crocodile is seen in action with its flame-thrower; a casualty is loaded onto a jeep ambulance and is driven away. A German prisoner is questioned by a military policeman.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Gordon, J (Production individual)