Title:MEDIUM ARTILLERY GOES INTO ACTION AT NIJMEGEN [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 171-5
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Summary:
Description: From a field adjacent to the factory area of Nijmegen, gunners of 211 Battery, 64th Medium Regiment RA, fire their 4.5 inch gun on German positions across the Waal river opposite 43rd (Wessex) Division's front of the 'Island'. Blast from the battery's bombardment has dislodged titles from the roofs of houses on a nearby estate.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Leatherbarrow, RichardPrior to the Second World War Leatherbarrow was a portrait photographer. During the Second World War he joined the Royal Armoured Corps, transferring to the Army Film and Photographic Unit in 1943, when he received training at Pinewood. He was one of the cameramen on Juno Beach during the D-Day Landings. (Production individual)
