Title:WRECKED BRITISH AND GERMAN TANKS IN THE RUINS OF LINGEVRES (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 52-5
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Summary: Addition coverage of the damage in Lingevres incurred during 50th (Northumbrian) Division's struggle for the village with the 130th 'Panzerlehr' Division.
Description: The cameraman surveys wrecked and badly damaged buildings in the village, situated astride the Caen-St Lo road, which the 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry captured on June 14th 1944. Two destroyed tanks, one a 'Panzerlehr' Panther Ausf A, the other a Sherman from 4/7th Dragoon Guards' 'A' Squadron, lie facing each other near the 1914-18 war memorial on the village green; a church damaged by British artillery dominates the setting. The cameraman examines a road sign pointing the way to neighbouring villages that has been shot off its pole. A 1st Hampshire Regiment 15-cwt CMP truck overtakes a ditched Panther Ausf A tank knocked out by the Dragoon Guards' 'A' Squadron as it tried to flee eastwards through Lingevres on the Caen-St Lo Road. The tank's salient features, notably its Zimmerit-covered frontal armour and the long barrel and double-baffled muzzle-brake of its 7.5cm L/70 gun, are examined.
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:A70 52-5
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-06-20
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Ginger (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Hampstead Regiment, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Dragoon Guards 4/7, Squadron A (regiment/service)
Keywords: armour, British - carrier: Universal (object name)
armour, German - tank: Panther Ausf A & [wrecked] (object name)
armour, United States - tank: M4 Sherman & [wrecked] (object name)
buildings, French - monumental: war memorial (object name)
buildings, French - religious: church & [damaged] (object name)
destruction, French military - aimed: artillery bombardment (object name)
transport, Canadian - truck: CMP 15 cwt truck & [British] (object name)
weapons, German - gun: 7.5cm L/70 gun [tank-mounted] (object name)
Lingèvres, Calvados, France (geography)
