Description: On the fifth anniversary of Great Britain's declaration of war on Nazi Germany, armour and soft-skinned transport belonging to the 2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards crosses the Belgian frontier near Rongy. Together with lorried infantry from its sister regiment, the 3rd Battalion Irish Guards, the 2nd Battalion heads through the industrial quarter of Antoing to the applause of some of its citizens.
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, Irish Guards, Armoured 2nd Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Irish Guards, 3rd Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Guards Armoured Division (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps 30 (regiment/service)
British Army, Guards Bde Gp 32 (regiment/service)
Keywords: armour, United States - tank: M4 Sherman & [British] (object name)
armour, United States - funnies: M4 Sherman Prong & [British] (object name)
transport, British military - truck: Bedford 3-ton 4x4 QL (object name)
armour, United States - halftrack: M5 (object name)
Liberation (object name)
Rongy, Hainaut, Belgium (geography)
Antoing, Hainaut, Belgium (geography)
