REINFORCEMENTS FOR 8TH CORPS MOVE UP TO THE ORNE BRIDGEHEAD AS 'GOODWOOD' COMMENCES [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: REINFORCEMENTS FOR 8TH CORPS MOVE UP TO THE ORNE BRIDGEHEAD AS 'GOODWOOD' COMMENCES [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 86-1
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  • Summary: Elements of the Guards Armoured Division and 8th Corps units cross into the Orne bridgehead as Operation "Goodwood" commences.
  • Description: Universal carriers belonging to 32nd Guards Brigade's fire- support company, the 1st Machine-gun Company Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, raise clouds of dust as they plough their way towards the Orne river crossings. At Bénouville elements of the 55th Field Regiment RA, the 3rd Battalion the Irish Guards, the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards and an Austin K2 ambulance from an 8th Corps RAMC unit file over "Tower I" bridge, a Class 40 Bailey pontoon bridge built over the Canal de Caen in twenty hours.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: A70 86-1
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-18
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Connolly, J R (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Corps 8 (regiment/service) British Army, Guards Armoured Division (regiment/service) British Army, Guards Bde 32 (regiment/service) British Army, Irish Guards, 3rd Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Northumberland Fusiliers, Royal & Independent Coy 1 (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Artillery, RFA & Field Regiment 55 (regiment/service) British Army, Welsh Guards, 3rd Battalion (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, British - armoured car: Humber scout car (object name) armour, British - carrier: Universal (object name) armour, British - halftrack: M5 (object name) engineering, military, British: Class 40 Bailey bridge 'Tower I (object name) operations, British military - movement: road (object name) transport, British military - ambulance: Austin K2 3-ton 4x2 ambulance (object name) transport, British military - truck: Bedford 3-ton 4x4 truck QL (object name) transport, British military - truck: Bedford 15cwt 4x2 truck (object name) 01/5(4-16).233 [ Operation Goodwood] (event) Tower I Bridge, Benouville, Calvados, France (geography) Orne (River), 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: 199 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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