A COMMANDO MORTAR PLATOON IN ACTION IN THE ORNE BRIDGE-HEAD [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: A COMMANDO MORTAR PLATOON IN ACTION IN THE ORNE BRIDGE-HEAD [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 112-4
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  • Summary: A 3-inch mortar platoon belonging to No 47 (Royal Marine) Commando's support company goes into action in 6th Airborne Division's sector of the Orne bridge-head near Le Plein.
  • Description: A commando drives a stake into the ground before draping a camouflage net over a new mortar emplacement. A mortar team assembles and lines up their three-inch mortar with its target and then looses off in rapid succession several rounds of high explosive mortar bombs into the German lines.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: A70 112-4
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-03
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Connolly, J R (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Royal Marines & Commandos (regiment/service) British Army, Bde, Special Service, 4 (regiment/service) British Army, Div, Airborne, 6 (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 1 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: weapons, - mortar: 3-inch mortar (object name) La Plein, Calvados, 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: 103 ft; Running time: 1 min
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