BRITISH TROOPS ENTER GERMANY [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BRITISH TROOPS ENTER GERMANY [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 172-4
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  • Summary: A reconstruction of the crossing of the Dutch-German frontier at Beek-Wyler, three miles south-east of Nijmegen, by an Anglo-American patrol on September 20th 1944, when British troops set foot in Germany for the first time in this war.
  • Description: The patrol consisting of troops from the 82nd US Airborne Division's 325th Glider Regiment(?) and a Stuart light tank from the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry's recce. Troop advances towards the conspicuously-marked frontier posts. The patrol leaders then take time off to fraternise with two members of a Dutch family living just inside the Reich. The crew of the Stuart tank pose for the cine camera.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 172-4
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-09-30
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Lawrie, William Fairlie1919-07-01Family origin: Glasgow, Scotland (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: Netherlands & Beek, Gelderland (geography) Germany & Wyler, North Rhine-Westphalia (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 99 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    A70 172-4

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