Title:THE 15TH (SCOTTISH) DIVISION ADVANCES TOWARDS TILBURG DURING OPERATION PHEASANT (PART 4) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 185-6
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Summary: Elements of 46th Brigade are assigned the task of clearing the northern outskirts of Tilburg.
Description: Each tank carrying a section of infantrymen from the 7th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, a troop of Churchill tanks belonging to the 3rd Tank Battalion Scots Guards' 'Left Flank' squadron moves up at the head of a combined infantry and armour column towards Heikant, a northern suburb of Tilburg, from Oisterwijk; among the Seaforth Highlanders' transport is a six-pounder anti-tank gun detachment, seen here travelling along a minor road parallel to the Tilburg- Boxtel railway line. The cameraman focuses on infantrymen riding on a universal carrier and a Churchill tank alongside an embanked section of the railway. Watched by civilians sheltering by doorways, an infantry section advances on foot behind a Churchill tank through Heikant. A carrier detachment and a motorcycle despatch rider arrive at the Seaforths' HQ with two German prisoners for interrogation; note the other universal carrier with the tall radio aerial parked nearby.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Parkinson (Sergeant) (Production individual)
