Title:SCENES IN THE ODON BATTLEFIELD FOLLOWING OPERATION EPSOM (PART 4) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 64-5
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Summary: An example of the six-pounder gun, the standard anti-tank weapon in the support companies of 1944-pattern rifle battalions, is shown deployed in a defensive rôle in the Norman 'bocage'.
Description: A five-man detachment from the 10th (?) Battalion Durham Light Infantry's anti-tank platoon is seen closed-up for action around their branch-camouflaged six-pounder gun on 70th Brigade's sector of 49th Division's front between Rauray and Brettevillette. Three tired looking anti-tank gunners are seen having a snack, smoking cigarettes etc, in their slit-trench during a lull in the fighting. The gun detachment commander scouts the surrounding countryside with his binoculars, the gun- layer traverses the six-pounder gun onto a new target bearing while the loader places an APDS projectile 'up the spout', slamming the breech shut with a flourish.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Ginger (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Durham Light Infantry, Bn 10 (?) (regiment/service)
Keywords: weapons, British - gun [AT]: 6-pounder gun & [+] (object name)
combat, British - artillery bombardment (object name)
society, British military - sustenance (object name)
Second World War, North West Europe & Operation Overlord & 2/7/1944 (event)
Rauray, Calvados, France (geography)
Bretteville, Manche, France (geography)
