Summary: Vehicles move through the Normandy village of St Pierre-sur-Dives.
Description: Supervised by 7th Armoured Division MPs and an officer sitting in his Daimler scout car, Challenger and Cromwell tanks from 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars' 'C' squadron drive through the narrow streets of St Pierre-sur-Dives during the 'Desert Rats' advance towards Livarot in company with an M20 Achilles 17-pounder SPG from the 65th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment RA, a jeep, several motorcycle despatch riders and an Austin K2 ambulance. The cameraman focuses on three REME crewmen sitting on their Cromwell ARV as it heads through the town with the rest of the Hussars.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Smales, Edgar Hiram1920-08-071984-09-19 (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Hussars, 8 (regiment/service)
British Army, Bde 131 Gp (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery (regiment/service)
British Army, Div, Armoured, 7 (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Military Police (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps 1 (regiment/service)
Keywords: armour, British - tank: Cromwell (object name)
armour, United States - SPG: M10 Achilles (object name)
armour, British - funnies: Cromwell ARV (object name)
armour, British - tank: Challenger (object name)
Saint Pierre-sur-Dives, Calvados, France (geography)
