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Title:ARTILLERY IN ACTION WITH 1ST CORPS (PART 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 49-6
Other titles:
Summary: Gunners serving with 4th Army Group Royal Artillery go into action on 1st Corps' front north of Caen.
Description: A six-man 5.5-inch gun detachment from 68th Medium Regiment RA's 233rd Battery guns is seen bombarding German gun positions outside Caen. A gun loader is seen placing the detonator into the nose of a 100 lb shell and then screwing the fuse cap on. The 5.5-inch gun fires three rounds from a gun emplacement lined with sandbags and covered by scrim netting. In between rounds, the breech and gun barrel are swabbed clean; visible in the background are two other gun positions. Nearby, an eight-man 155mm 'Long Tom' gun team belonging to the 51st Heavy Regiment RA's No 2 Battery is seen in action against a German OP in Caen. Two loaders adjust the fuse settings on the cones of several 95 lb shells for delayed burst. The gun layer brings the 'Long Tom' onto a new target bearing.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Walter, Ernest Henry1919Family origin: Barry, Glamorgan, South Wales (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Corps 1 (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery, Army Gp 4 (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery, Heavy Regiment 51, Bty 2 (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery, Medium Regiment 68, Bty 233 (regiment/service)
Keywords: combat, British - artillery bombardment (object name)
operations, British military - preparation: loading 155mm gun (object name)
operations, British military - preparation: loading 5.5-inch gun (object name)
weapons, British - gun: 155mm 'Long Tom' gun (object name)
weapons, British - gun: 5.5-inch gun (object name)
weapons, British - shell: 100-pound shell (object name)
weapons, British - shell: 95-pound shell (object name)
Caen, Calvados, France (geography)