Title:59TH (STAFFORDSHIRE) DIVISION'S OPERATIONS ON THE BRETTEVILLETTE-NOYERS SECTOR OF 30TH CORPS' FRONT (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 83-5
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Summary: Additional coverage of the first few hours of Operation Pomegranate.
Description: 5.5-inch guns belonging to the 121st (West Riding) Medium Regiment Royal Artillery's 276 Battery launch a pre-dawn bombardment on German positions opposite 30th Corps. Riflemen, stretcher-bearers and first-aid teams and carrier and anti-tank detachments belonging to the 2/5th Lancashire Fusiliers make their way to the front through the battle-scarred village of Fontenay-Le-Pesnel. The 33rd Armoured Brigade is seen giving tank support to 197th Brigade's assault on Brettevillette and Noyers; it appears that several Shermans belonging to the 144th Royal Armoured Corps have immobilised themselves by running onto a British minefield. A Crusader AA tank from the RAC's AA Troop is seen accompanying two Shermans along a path made by the tanks through waist-high wheat.
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, Div 59 (regiment/service)
British Army, Bde, Armoured, 33 (regiment/service)
British Army, Bde 197 (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery, Medium Regiment 121, Bty 276 (regiment/service)
British Army, Lancashire Fusiliers, 2/5th Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Armoured Corps, Regiment 144 (regiment/service)
British Army, East Lancashire Regiment, 8th Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: weapons, British - gun: 5.5-inch gun (object name)
combat, British - artillery bombardment (object name)
combat, British - armoured (object name)
armour, United States - tank: M4 Sherman & [British] & [damaged] (object name)
armour, British - tank: Crusader AA (object name)
Operation Pomegranate 1944, North West Europe, Second World War (event)
Fontenay-le-Pesnel, Calvados, France (geography)
Bretteville, Manche, France (geography)
Noyers, Calvados, France (geography)
