Title:THE 3RD AND 59TH DIVISIONS GO INTO ACTION NORTH OF CAEN ON THE FIRST DAY OF OPERATION "CHARNWOOD" (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 72-8
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Summary: Activities around Cazelle village, north of Caen.
Description: During the evening of July 7th 1944, a universal carrier and Sherman tanks from the 27th Armoured Brigade (13/18th Hussars) move up past the village of Cazelle to their assembly area behind 176th Brigade's sector of 59th (Staffordshire) Division's front north of Caen. An RAF bomber participating in the 467-bomber raid on the northern outskirts of the city loses height after being hit by flak (?). Marker incendiaries drift earthwards onto the target area. On the following day, men serving with the 2nd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment watch a youthful and dazed looking Wehrmacht Gefreiter being escorted by an RAMC orderly from a casualty clearing station in Cazelle to an awaiting CMP ambulance that will take him to an advanced dressing station established by the 8th Field Ambulance RAMC.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:A70 72-8
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-07-08
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film Unit (Production company)
Connolly, J R (Production individual)
