Title:AN ANGLO-AMERICAN LINK-UP IN THE NORMANDY 'BOCAGE' [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 120-4
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Summary: Allied troops from the US 1st Army and the British 2nd Army link-up in the Vire sector of 21st Army Group's front on 8th Corps' extreme right flank.
Description: Soldiers from the 2nd US Infantry Division and 3rd British Division's 9th Brigade (1st KOSB) share slit trenches and gun positions in the 'bocage' near Le Pont du Vaudry. One of the GI's leaves his position to get a light for his cigarette from the British crew of a six-pounder anti-tank gun. Another GI reads a book as he sucks a large lollipop while his British ally quietly writes a letter home. A country road and a picturesque Norman cottage nestling in the greenery of the 'bocage' mark the junction of the two allied armies. An unlucky USAAF P-47 Thunderbolt burns furiously after crashing a short distance away. US and British officers (?) confer under a tree as men from the 9th Brigade march down a lane.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Jones, H J [Army cameraman] (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Bde 9 (regiment/service)
British Army, Div 3 (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps 8 (regiment/service)
United States Army (regiment/service)
United States Army Air Forces (regiment/service)
Keywords: weapons, British - gun [AT]: 57mm 6-pounder (object name)
recreation, Allied military - casual (object name)
aircraft, United States - combat: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (object name)
Operation Bluecoat, Mont Pinçon 1944, North West Europe, Second World War (event)
Calvados, France (geography)
Normandy, France (geography)
