Title:LE HAVRE IS SUBJECTED TO AERIAL AND GROUND BOMBARDMENT [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 157-3
Other titles:
Summary:
Description: 4.2 inch heavy mortar detachments belonging to the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Rifles bombard German positions opposite 56th Brigade's sector of Le Havre's siege lines on the evening of September 10th 1944. Earlier in the day, between 4 and 5 pm, Le Havre disappears behind clouds of smoke and dust during a raid made by 932 RAF heavy bombers on German strong-points in the city.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Connolly, J R (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Kensington Rifles, 2nd Battalion, Coy C (regiment/service)
British Army, Div 49 (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps 1 (regiment/service)
Canadian Army, Army 1 (regiment/service)
Keywords: combat, British air - bombardment [d] (object name)
combat, British - mortar bombardment (object name)
Operation Astonia, Le Havre 1944, North West Europe, Second World War (event)
Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France (geography)
