Title:ARMOUR AND INFANTRY IN ACTION WITH 51ST (HIGHLAND) DIVISION NEAR TILBURG (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 186-3
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Summary:Additional coverage of the preparations made by 33rd Armoured and 152nd Infantry Brigades units to mount an attack on German defensive positions north of Tilburg.
Description:In full battlekit, infantrymen serving with the 5th Battalion Cameron Highlanders 'C' company climb aboard Sherman tanks from the 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry's 'B' squadron in an assembly area in countryside outside Loon- op-Zand, six miles north of Tilburg. Nearby, a 25-pounder gun detachment from the 126th Field Regiment RA lays down a barrage on the combined infantry and armour team's objective, a German infantry an anti-tank gun screen blocking 152nd Brigade's northward advance on Kaatsheuvel and Sprang. Riding on the tanks, infantrymen set off for their objective; the expressions on their faces range from the cheerful to the pensive.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:A70 186-3
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM (A70 186-3)
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-10-28-1944-10-28
Production Country:GB
Production Details:Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Walter, Ernest Henry (Production individual)
