KILL OR BE KILLED [Main Title]

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  • Title: KILL OR BE KILLED [Main Title]
  • Film Number: UKY 443
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  • Summary: A fictional film of a sniping incident with a strong element of instructional purpose.
  • Description: A German sniper scores a near miss on a British sergeant who sets out to hunt the German down; they stalk each other through the woods, both making and avoiding classic fieldcraft mistakes (incorrect camouflage; breaking skylines; snapping twigs; reflecting sunlight off glasses). The Briton eventually lures the German into revealing his position, then cuts him off and kills him as he heads for home. The Sergeant then sets up the body as a decoy, and lies in wait behind a screen of cut branches, eventually picking off all 5 of an investigating German patrol.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office (Production sponsor) Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Realist (Production company) Army Film Unit (Production company) Lye, Len (Production individual) Taylor, John Elston1914-10-051992-09-15 (Production individual) Jeakins, A E (Production individual) Harding (Production individual) Simmonds, G A (Production individual) Lye, Len (Production individual) Goring, Marius (Production cast)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: combat [simulated], British - sniper (object name) training, British military - combat: sniper (object name) Instruction (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Running time: 18 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Remarks: very good, most of the film; the end stretches the credibility a bit.
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