Title:1ST CORPS ATTACKS LE HAVRE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 157-4
Other titles:
Summary:
Description: Armour supporting 56th Brigade's assault on German strong- points north-east of Le Havre moves up to the start-line for Phase I of Operation "Astonia" while fires created by the heavy aerial, naval and ground bombardment on German fortifications in and around the port continue to burn. Two Churchill 'Crocodile' flame-throwing tanks belonging to 141st RAC's 'A' squadron file along a cleared lane through a minefield in company with Churchill gun tanks from the 7th RTR's 'B' squadron and infantry belonging to the 2nd Battalion South Welch Borderers during the breaching of the German defence perimeter west of the Lezarde river.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
McArdle, T P (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Tank Regiment, 7th Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Bde, Tank, 34 (regiment/service)
British Army, Bde, Tank, 31 (regiment/service)
British Army, Div, Armoured, 79 (regiment/service)
British Army, South Wales Borderers, 2nd Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Bde 56 (regiment/service)
British Army, Div 49 (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps 1 (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Armoured Corps, Bn 141 (regiment/service)
Canadian Army, Army 1 (regiment/service)
Keywords: armour, British - funnies: Churchill Crocodile (object name)
armour, British - tank: Churchill (object name)
combat, British air - bombardment [d] (object name)
Operation Astonia, Le Havre 1944, North West Europe, Second World War (event)
Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France (geography)
