Title:THE GUARDS ARMOURED DIVISION ADVANCES FROM NORTHERN FRANCE TO BRUSSELS IN ONE DAY [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 147-5
Other titles:
Summary:
Description: Infantry and armoured units serving with the 32nd Guards Brigade Group are greeted by Belgian civilians as they cross the Belgian frontier. Later on in the day, Cromwell tanks from the 2nd Armoured Recce Battalion Welsh Guards, enter the towns of Ath and Enghien during the race along the highway to Brussels. German stragglers are taken prisoners and are searched for hidden weapons and documents by British troops serving with the 1st Welsh Guards. After having advanced over a hundred miles in one day, the 2nd Welsh Guards enter Brussels and receive a wildly enthusiastic welcome from its inhabitants.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Evans, L J (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Welsh Guards, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Household Cavalry, Regiment 2 (regiment/service)
British Army, Guards Armoured Division (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps 30 (regiment/service)
British Army, Welsh Guards, Armoured Recce 2nd Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Guards Bde Gp 32 (regiment/service)
Keywords: prisoners of war (object name)
armour, British - tank: Cromwell (object name)
Liberation (object name)
armour, British - carrier: Universal (object name)
armour, United States - tank: M4 Sherman & [British] (object name)
armour, British - armoured car: Humber scout car (object name)
Brussels, Brabant, Belgium (geography)
