THE GUARDS ARMOURED DIVISION TAKES PART ON 8TH CORPS' LEFT FLANK IN OPERATION 'GOODWOOD' [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: THE GUARDS ARMOURED DIVISION TAKES PART ON 8TH CORPS' LEFT FLANK IN OPERATION 'GOODWOOD' [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 89-1
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  • Summary: Armour and motorised infantry of the 2nd and 1st Battalions the Grenadier Guards advance from their assembly areas west of the Orne river to a point near Cagny.
  • Description: The 2nd Grenadier Guard's armour moves up past 6th Airborne Division's derelict Horsa gliders towards the Orne river crossings at Bénouville and is joined by fascine-carrying AVREs attached to the Grenadiers' RHQ squadron. The cameraman films the passage across the Canal de Caen and the Orne river from one of the AVREs. Both Grenadier battalions advance to the Caen-Troarn railway near Demouville during which time they come under fire from the Banneville-la-Campagne-Sannerville area, held by the 21st Panzer Division, and several tanks are set on fire. Dazed by the massive preliminary aerial bombardment, German troops come forward in ones and twos to surrender. Several 2nd Battalion Welsh Guards Cromwells join the Grenadiers' armour and motorised infantry. Near Le Prieure farm, a wounded soldier is driven by a Frenchman in a captured car into the 1st Grenadiers' lines; more prisoners give themselves up to the Grenadier Guardsmen. 2nd Welsh Guards Cromwells come under fire as they close on Le Prieure wood.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: A70 89-1
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-19
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Palmer, F A W (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Artillery (regiment/service) British Army, Welsh Guards, Armoured Recce 2nd Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Grenadier Guards, Armoured 2nd Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Grenadier Guards, Motor 1st Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Guards Armoured Division (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Engineers (regiment/service) British Army, Div, Armoured, 79 (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 8 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, British - funnies: Churchill AVRE fascine carrier (object name) transport, German military - car: Kubelsitzer 4x2 light car (object name) armour, British - tank: Cromwell (object name) armour, United States - halftrack: M5 (object name) armour, United States - tank: M4 Sherman & [British] (object name) armour, United States - tank: M3 Stuart VI & [British] (object name) armour, British - carrier: Universal (object name) armour, United States - funnies: M4 Sherman Firefly & [British] (object name) operations, Allied military - movement: river crossing (object name) aircraft, British - glider: Airspeed Horsa & [wrecked] (object name) combat, German - artillery bombardment [i] (object name) casualties, British wounded - battlefield (object name) prisoners of war, German - surrender (object name) 01/5(4-16).233 [ Operation Goodwood] (event) Benouville, Calvados, France (geography) Orne (River), France (geography) Caen-Troarn Railway, Demouville, Calvados, France (geography) Cagny, Calvados, France (geography) Le Prieure Farm, 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: 795 ft; Running time: 9 mins
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