Title:3RD DIVISION ADVANCES ON VENRAIJ DURING THE FIRST PHASE OF 8TH CORPS' OPERATION CONSTELLATION (PART 3) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 180-5
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Summary:A marksman goes into action on 3rd Division's front near Venraij.
Description:A lance-corporal serving with the 1st Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment's 'B' company attaches telescopic sights to his Lee-Enfield No. 4 rifle in the cover of a slit trench in a farmhouse south of Overloon near Molenbeek used by 33rd Field Regiment RA as an OP. He joins a Bren-gunner in position near a parked universal carrier OP in the lee of a gutted cottage. He slips a 303 round into the breech while taking aim at a German position on the other side of the field in the background. the sniper moves up to a hole in a bare brick wall and there takes up position to shoot at any unwary German who makes an appearance in the enemy's front-line.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:A70 180-5
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM (A70 180-5)
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-10-15-1944-10-15
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)
