Title:LANDINGS ON 'GOLD' BEACH, 6 AND 7 JUNE 1944 (PART 4) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 37-4
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Summary:69th Brigade units prepare for embarkation, sail with Force 'G' to France and land on 'Gold' Beach at La Rivière.
Description:I. Troops from 50th (Northumbrian) Division units leave C14 Camp at Romsey. Inside the camp, soldiers play games to alleviate the boredom.
II. US Army service troops take over a section of the camp.
III. A mobile canteen dispenses tea to British troops. 50th Division's transport queues up in Southampton. A military policeman examines two civilians' identity papers. Detachments from the 86th Field Regiment Royal Artillery, No 9 Beach Group, the 5th East Yorkshire Regiment and from 50th Division's service units board an LCT which steams past Southampton Docks to join other invasion craft in the Solent. A Sunderland flying boat flies overhead.
IV. Escorted by Hunt class destroyers, tank landing craft steam past the Isle of Wight. Men on board eat sandwiches, receive unit briefings and gaze at the mass of ships heading for France.
V. The LCT flotilla steams past Hunt and U class destroyers towards 'King Red' Beach, while Force 'G' shells 'Gold' Beach, and comes under fire. Troops, tanks, self-propelled guns, AVREs, carriers and bulldozers queue up at a beach exit. Drowned vehicles, equipment and underwater obstacles are washed up by the high tide.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:A70 37-4
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM (A70 37-4)
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-06-06-1944-06-06
Production Country:GB
Production Details:Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Parkinson, Roy (Production individual)
