SCENES IN THE NORMANDY BEACH-HEAD D+1, D+2 (PART 7) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SCENES IN THE NORMANDY BEACH-HEAD D+1, D+2 (PART 7) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 35-1
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  • Summary: Royal Marines armour and commandos are seen fighting to take a German strongpoint on the coast at Langrune-sur-Mer.
  • Description: A Centaur tank from the Royal Marine Armoured Support Group (RMASG) is accompanied by an M10 self-propelled gun from the 3rd Canadian Division's anti-tank unit as it closes in on a 45-man strong detachment from the 736 Wehrmacht Regiment's 9th Company holding out against No 48 Royal Marine Commando in a strongpoint near the seafront at Langrune-sur-Mer. Men from the Commando's 'A' Troop take up positions in buildings and in a garden as the two armoured vehicles move up to demolish a concrete tank barrier denying them access to the seafront. Further along the road lies a Centaur disabled by mines the previous day and another tank beyond it cut off from the rest of the commando force by its stable-companion's misfortune. Later, commandos catch up with the M10 - which has expended all its ammunition - and the crippled Centaur; with them in the background is an RMASG Sherman tank. Eventually a group of thirty-two survivors from the strong-point submits to being searched for concealed weapons by its commando captors.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-06-07
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Walter, Ernest Henry1919Family origin: Barry, Glamorgan, South Wales (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: German Army, Div, Infantry, 716 & Grenadier Regt 736, Coy 9 (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Royal Marines & 48 Commando (regiment/service) Canadian Army, Div, Canadian, 3 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, United States - SPG: M10 Wolverine & [Canadian] (object name) armour, British - tank: Centaur & [damaged] (object name) armour, United States - tank: M4 Sherman & [British] (object name) prisoners of war, German - surrender (object name) combat, British (object name) combat, Canadian - armoured (object name) defences, German - emplacement: concrete tank barrier & [wrecked] (object name) 12/5(261.22).7 [ Operation Neptune] (event) Langrune-sur-Mer, 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: 175 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Remarks : excellent action footage
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    A70 35-1

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    A70 34-3 (SCENES IN THE NORMANDY BEACH-HEAD D+1, D+2 (PART 3) [Allocated Title]) B 5145 (THE ROYAL MARINES IN THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN 1944) B 5146 (THE ROYAL MARINES IN THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN 1944) B 5148 (THE ROYAL MARINES IN THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN 1944)
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