AMIENS FALLS TO THE 11TH ARMOURED DIVISION [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AMIENS FALLS TO THE 11TH ARMOURED DIVISION [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 145-3
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  • Summary:
  • Description: A Challenger tank belonging to the 11th Armoured Division's armoured reconnaissance regiment, the 15/19th Hussars, churns up the turf as it rolls across country towards Amiens. In Amiens a group of thirty stick-grenade brandishing FFI and local police pose for the cameraman in front of a captured anti-aircraft gun (not visible). German prisoners - most either ex-Wehrmacht or Luftwaffe personnel but one or two civilians present as well - led by Wehrmacht officers and Deutsche Reichsbahn officials are marched into captivity by Resistance men and police.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 145-3
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-31
  • 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: Forces Francaises de l'Interieur (regiment/service) British Army, Hussars, 15/19 (regiment/service) British Army, Div, Armoured, 11 (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 30 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, British - tank: Challenger (object name) prisoners of war (object name) Amiens, Somme, 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: 60 ft; Running time: 1 min
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