Title:DAMAGED ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES ARE SALVAGED AND REPAIRED (PART 3) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 65-5
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Summary: To alleviate a spare parts shortage for armoured fighting vehicles, 1st Corps sets up a scrapyard near Douvres where wrecked vehicles are dismantled for spare parts as the need arises.
Description: The cameraman surveys the site of the tank graveyard where thirty or so Sherman tanks have been dumped; British and Canadian Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and Royal Army Service Corps personnel can be seen examining vehicles suitable for 'cannibalisation'. Their vehicles - two Mack 5-ton heavy breakdown lorries and a Corps of Military Police 15cwt truck - are parked in among the derelicts. The cameraman examines several thoroughly-wrecked Shermans distinguishable by their fire- blackened appearance, twisted and torn armour plate, broken track links and metal debris. Troops riding in two Universal Carriers are seen driving past the site.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Grant, Ian James1917-04-16Family origin: Edinburgh, Scotland (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Army Service Corps (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (regiment/service)
Canadian Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: armour, United States - tank: M4 Sherman & [British] & [wrecked] (object name)
armour, British - carrier: Universal (object name)
transport, United States military - truck: Mack EH 5-ton truck (object name)
transport, British military - truck: 15cwt truck (object name)
operations, British military - salvage: armour recovery (object name)
operations, Canadian military - salvage: armour recovery (object name)
buildings, British - military: REME scrapyard (object name)
Second World War, North West Europe & Operation Overlord & 3/7/1944 (event)
Douvres-la-Délivrande, Calvados, France (geography)
