Title:3RD DIVISION ADVANCES ON VENRAIJ DURING THE FIRST PHASE OF 8TH CORPS' OPERATION CONSTELLATION (PART 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 180-1
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Summary:3rd (British) Division's 185th Brigade spearheads 8th Corps' push towards Venraij along the Overloon-Venraij road.
Description:Hit by a 75mm shell from a Panther tank, a Churchill tank belonging to No. 7 troop in the 4th Battalion Coldstream Guards' No. 2 squadron 'brews up'. Four men from the 1st Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment run to take cover by a ruined farm near Molenbeek; nearby, another Churchill lies disabled. From there, a platoon commander used a No. 18 wireless set to radio company HQ for more supplies in the pouring rain. Infantrymen belonging to the Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 'B' or 'D' Company are seen moving up to join the Norfolks in position before Molenbeek. A 4.2 inch mortar team belonging to the 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment's 'D' company is seen briefly in action in a ruined farmyard. Two riflemen from the Norfolk Regiment dig-in to protect themselves from German artillery air bursts; afterwards they munch apples. In another trench, four soldiers have a warm meal consisting of tins of meat and vegetables cooked in boiling water over a primus cooker.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:A70 180-1
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM (A70 180-1)
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-10-14-1944-10-14
Production Country:GB
Production Details:Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Watkins, R V (Production individual)
