Title:2ND ARMY LAUNCHES AN ATTACK ON ITS FIRST MAJOR OBJECTIVE INSIDE GERMANY (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 196-2
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Summary: Armour and soft-skinned transport move up to take part in 214th Brigade's assault on villages north of Geilenkirchen.
Description: Carrying a section of infantry from the 7th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry a piece, two Sherman tanks belonging to the 4/7th Dragoon Guards' 'A' squadron and two Sherman Crab flail tanks from the 1st Lothian and Border Horse's 'C' squadron make their way along a mud-churned track towards their concentration area at Gilrath in company with a Sherman Dozer tank (also belonging to the Dragoon Guards) and pass a parked AFPU jeep. Wheeled and tracked soft-skinned vehicles belonging variously to the 43rd Recce. regiment, the 5th Battalion Dorset Regiment and the 7th Battalion SOMLI make their way forward along the same track with some difficulty; the vehicles seen here include a Bedford QL supply lorry, a signals jeep and trailer, a signals White Scout Car and a Humber light recce. car (minus the usual bren gun turret).
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:A70 196-2
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-11-18
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Army Film Unit (Production company)
Seaholme, G (Production individual)
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Keywords: Germany & Geilenkirchen area, North Rhine-Westphalia (geography)
