Title:TANKS MOVING UP FOR CROSSING OF RIVER RAPIDO [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MWY 87
Other titles:INDIAN INTER-SERVICE PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTORATE COLLECTION - INDIAN HOME FRONT AND MILITARY OPERATIONS, AND ALLIED OPERATIONS IN ITALY AND THE PACIFIC DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: During Operation Diadem (Fourth Battle of Monte Cassino) Canadian Sherman tanks move up towards the River Rapido (in Frosinone, Lazio, Italy) bridged the previous night by Indian Engineers of the Bengal Sappers and Miners, as part of 8th Indian Division's assault of the Gustav Line.
Description: Thickly camouflaged Sherman tanks (probably 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade) pass. Indian Engineers of the Bengal Sappers and Miners ‘tramping back to brigade after long uneasy night on the bridge spanning the Rapido river’. Sherman tanks passing; conditions are hazy due to a smokescreen having been laid and the cameraman appears to be secreted in a sheltered position. Camouflaged half-tracks passing with 17-pounder anti-tank guns in tow; they raise dust. More vehicles follow raising dust.
Alternative Title:INDIAN INTER-SERVICE PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTORATE COLLECTION - INDIAN HOME FRONT AND MILITARY OPERATIONS, AND ALLIED OPERATIONS IN ITALY AND THE PACIFIC DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Public Relations Directorate, India (Production sponsor)
Indian Public Relations Film Unit (Production company)
Thomas, F (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, Indian Artillery, 4th (Mahratta) Anti-Tank Regiment (regiment/service)
British Army, 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade (regiment/service)
Indian Army, Indian Engineers, King George V's Bengal Sappers and Miners Group (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 8th Indian Division (regiment/service)
Keywords: Italy 1939-1945 (theme)
Indian Army 1939-1945 (theme)
Canadian Army 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
Cassino IV (May), Battle of Monte Cassino 1944, Italy, Second World War (event)