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Title:THE 11TH ARMOURED DIVISION ADVANCES THROUGH NORTHERN FRANCE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 145-1
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Summary:
Description: A group of Wehrmacht prisoners of war sitting by the roadside watch Sherman tanks and Humber scout cars from the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment roll by while two 11th Armoured Division military policemen search one or two prisoners for documents and concealed weapons. Armour and self-propelled artillery belonging to the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment and the 13th Royal Horse Artillery roll across harvested wheatfields between Doullens and Aubigny. An RAF Spitfire circles over Aubigny as the 3rd RTR and the 8th Rifle Brigade enter the town, watched by small groups of civilians.
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, Royal Tank Regiment, 3rd Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Rifle Brigade, 8th Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Div, Armoured, 11 (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps 30 (regiment/service)
Keywords: armour, United States - tank: M4 Sherman & [British] (object name)
armour, British - armoured car: Humber scout car (object name)
Liberation (object name)
prisoners of war (object name)
Aubigny, Calvados, France (geography)