FRONT LINE DENTISTRY (PART 1) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: FRONT LINE DENTISTRY (PART 1) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 77-13
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: RAMC dentists treat patients in 50th (Northumbrian) Division's sector of the Normandy beach-head.
  • Description: Two British soldiers arrive at the mayor's house in the village of Juaye-Mondaye where 48th Field Dressing Station RAMC's dental section is temporarily quartered; the cameraman examines the signboard announcing its presence there. Soldiers requiring dental treatment sit outside waiting for their turn to go in; a corporal orderly calls out the name of the next patient. One of the three dentists in the section is seen examining a patient's teeth.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 77-13
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-09
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Carpenter, L (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Div 50 (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Army Medical Corps, Field Dressing Station 48, Dental Section (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: medical, British military - routine: dentistry (object name) Mayor's House, Juaye-Mondaye, Calvados, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 93 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    A70 77-13

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