Title:THE 3RD DIVISION GOES INTO ACTION NORTH OF CAEN ON THE FIRST DAY OF OPERATION "CHARNWOOD" (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 71-5
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Summary: British troops of 3rd Division near the front line at Lebisey Woods.
Description: A motorcycle despatch rider watches three universal carriers engaged in ferrying supplies, to either the 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles or the 2nd Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry (KSLI), rumble along Caen-Bieville road through Lebisey Wood and then follows in their wake towards Point 64. Two riflemen serving with the 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment keep watch over a sector of the Battalion's front in Lebisey Wood for German stragglers and snipers. Two universal carriers from the 2nd KSLI's support company move towards Point 64. A man is seen briefly running for cover past burnt-out vehicles during a German shelling of the 2nd Warwickshire's positions. The cameraman surveys the Schneider steelworks at Les Colombelles from whose chimneys German spotters have been able to spy on 1st Corps sector of the British beach-head since D-Day with relative immunity from Allied aircraft and artillery.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film Unit (Production company)
Walter, Ernest Henry1919Family origin: Barry, Glamorgan, South Wales (Production individual)
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Keywords: Lebisey Wood, Calvados, France (geography)
