Title:AN ORDNANCE DEPOT IN SHROPSHIRE PREPARES FOR D-DAY (PART 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 1-1
Other titles:
Summary: Large numbers of anti-tank and field artillery guns are held at Donnington RAOC depot in Shropshire before being issued to army units in preparation for D-Day.
Description: A tractor tows a 17-pounder anti-tank gun past a long row of 17-pounders lined up in a field adjacent to the main depot. An RAOC staff sergeant an assistant checks a long row of 6-pounder anti-tank guns. The flywheel of an air compressor is seen in operation; nearby a REME (?) fitter sprays the barrel of a 25- pounder field gun with rust-proof paint.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Harris, L W J (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (regiment/service)
Keywords: operations, British military - maintenance (object name)
supplies, British, storage [RA] - misc (object name)
weapons, British - gun [AT]: 17-pounder gun (object name)
weapons, British - gun: 5-pounder field gun (object name)
weapons, British - gun [AT]: 6-pounder gun (object name)
Operation Overlord, Second World War (event)
GB, England & Donnington, Shropshire <RAOC depot> (geography)
