THE SIEGE OF LE HAVRE COMES TO AN END [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: THE SIEGE OF LE HAVRE COMES TO AN END [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 158-5
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  • Summary: German resistance to 1st Corps' assault on Le Havre rapidly crumbles.
  • Description: An infantry section belonging to a 56th Brigade unit, the 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment, 'clears' a house of possible German defenders in what seems to be a faked action sequence. Men from the German garrison march into captivity, their expressions showing relief at being out of the war.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: A70 158-5
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-09-11
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Stiggins (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Essex Regiment, 2nd Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Bde 56 (regiment/service) British Army, Div 49 (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 1 (regiment/service) Canadian Army, Army 1 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: combat, French military - irregular: streetfighting (object name) prisoners of war (object name) Operation Astonia, Le Havre 1944, North West Europe, Second World War (event) Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 80 ft; Running time: 1 min
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