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Title:THE 11TH ARMOURED DIVISION SEIZES THE SOMME CROSSINGS IN AMIENS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 145-11
Other titles:THE ELEVENTH ARMOURED DIVISION SEIZES THE SOMME CROSSINGS IN AMIENS [Allocated Title]
Summary:
Description: Detachments from the 4th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry riding in Bedford QL 3-ton lorries and Universal carriers cross the Somme river in the centre of Amiens. M5 half- tracks from one of the 8th Rifle Brigade's companies and Sherman tanks from the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment are seen parked on either side of the road near the bridge. A keen-eyed gunner keeps watch behind his Browning .30 calibre machine gun mounted on the front of an 8th Rifle Brigade (?) Universal carrier parked near the bridge over the Somme.
Alternative Title:THE ELEVENTH ARMOURED DIVISION SEIZES THE SOMME CROSSINGS IN AMIENS [Allocated Title]
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Grant, Ian James1917-04-16Family origin: Edinburgh, Scotland (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Shropshire Light Infantry, King's, 4th Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Bde 159 (regiment/service)
British Army, Div, Armoured, 11 (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps 30 (regiment/service)
Keywords: transport, British military - truck: Bedford 3-ton 4x4 QL (object name)
armour, British - carrier: Universal (object name)
operations, British military - movement: road (object name)
weapons, British - smallarm: Browning .30 cal machine gun (object name)
buildings, French - institutional: bridge (object name)
arts, French - heraldry: flag, Tricolour (object name)
Amiens, Somme, France (geography)
Somme (River), France (geography)