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Title:SCENES IN THE ODON BATTLEFIELD FOLLOWING OPERATION EPSOM (PART 10) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 67-4
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Summary: Men serving with the 23rd Hussars attend an open air religious service.
Description: Two troopers serving with the 23rd Hussars jump down from their Sherman tank and join others in their regiment in heading towards an open air religious service held in a field near an embanked section of the Caen-Bayeux railway line near Putot-en- Bessin. The padre (Reverend Jeffreys-Taylor) is seen conducting the service, using the bonnet of his jeep as an altar. The congregation - approximately 60 men - is seen at prayer and singing hymns.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Leeson, W J (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Jeffreys-Taylor (Reverend) (person)
British Army, Royal Army Chaplains Department (regiment/service)
British Army, Hussars, 23 (regiment/service)
Keywords: armour, United States - tank: M4 Sherman & [British] (object name)
religion, Christianity, - ceremonial, British: service (object name)
Second World War, North West Europe & Operation Overlord & 2/7/1944 (event)
Putot-en-Bessin, Calvados, France (geography)