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Title:THE 51ST (HIGHLAND) DIVISION ADVANCES ACROSS THE NORD CANAL NEAR WEERT [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 194-3
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Summary:
Description: A jeep and a Bedford OY 3-tonner towing a long trailer (RAF signals equipment?) head in opposite directions on an "ophaalbrug" over the Maastricht Canal at Weert. A 12th Corps RE unit adds the final touches to a double Bailey Class 40 bridge on the Zuidwillemsvaart Canal at Nederweert in use by westbound traffic (a despatch rider, a jeep and a CMP truck). In the village of Hulsen(?), infantrymen from the 7th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and a Fordson track and a Morris Quad tractor from the 61st Anti-Tank Regiment RA head in the opposite direction to a 126th Field Regiment RA Austin light utility past a Wehrmacht Renault ADK ambulance and a restaurant (?) destroyed by shellfire; the cameraman examines a notice on the building which means "Fully Licensed". Led by a despatch rider and accompanied by a carrier-borne 128th Field Regiment RA OP detachment, infantryman from the Argylls battalion riding in ram Kangaroos manned by the 1st Canadian APC Regiment and in their own universal carriers leave their FUP and motor through Leeveroij, where a Roman Catholic priest and villagers greet the cameraman near the village church, which, except for its crossing arches, has been obliterated.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:A70 194-3
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-11-15
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Army Film Unit (Production company)
Walker (Sergeant) (Production individual)