BRITISH TROOPS ATTEND A BATTLE-SCHOOL SET UP BY THE 59TH (STAFFORDSHIRE) DIVISION (PART 2) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BRITISH TROOPS ATTEND A BATTLE-SCHOOL SET UP BY THE 59TH (STAFFORDSHIRE) DIVISION (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 110-8
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  • Summary: Newly-arrived drafts and potential NCOs from the 59th (Staffordshire) Division receive training at a divisional battle- school set up at Vienne-en-Bassin.
  • Description: Trainees have a swim in the nearby Seulles river between classes. Two pupils learn how to operate an MG 42 light machine- gun, a weapon which has a very high rate of fire. Three soldiers run across a stream on their way to the small-arms range.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 110-8
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-02
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Walter, Ernest Henry1919Family origin: Barry, Glamorgan, South Wales (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Div 59 (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 12 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: training, Allied military - weapons (object name) weapons, British - smallarm: MG 42 machine gun (object name) Normandy, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 91 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    A70 110-8

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