Title:THE 11TH ARMOURED DIVISION SPEARHEADS 8TH CORPS' ADVANCE INTO SOUTHERN HOLLAND ON 30TH CORPS' RIGHT FLANK (PART 3) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 164-8
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Description: In Achel, a girl hangs the Belgian Tricolour from a first floor window and waves goodbye to troops serving with the 8th Battalion Rifle Brigade as the driver of their M5 half-track starts up the engine. Detachments from the 23rd Hussars and the Rifle Brigade - as seen here, a Sherman tank, an M5 half-track, a Humber scout car, a universal carrier and a Loyd carrier with a six-pounder anti-tank gun in tow - and a jeep from the 10th Surrey Regiment RA move out of Achel along a tree-lined road past civilians who bombard passing troops with apples as a parting gift. Armour and motorised infantry from the 23rd Hussars and the 8th Rifle Brigade are seen deploying in heath land near the Dutch-Belgium frontier on both sides of a narrow track leading towards Heeze, their first objective inside Holland; the AFVs seen here include M5 half-tracks, universal carriers, Humber scout cars, Sherman 75mm and 17-pounder (Firefly) gun tanks and OP/rear-link variants and Stuart VI recce tanks. The cameraman focuses on one Sherman whose tank commander is seen scanning the surrounding countryside through binoculars; a troop/squadron commander is seen giving directions to other tanks by waving his arms.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Palmer, F A W (Production individual)
