Title:MEDIUM MACHINE-GUNS IN ACTION WITH THE 43RD (WESSEX) DIVISION NEAR GEILENKIRCHEN (PART 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 198-1
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Summary:
Description: Two Vickers medium machine-gun detachments belonging to one of the 8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment's three machine gun companies are seen in action laying down a barrage on German positions beyond ground won by the 43rd (Wessex) Division on the previous day from covered dugouts (sangars) near Gilrath. The cameraman focuses on ammunition belts being continuously fed into the breeches of both the guns and piling up around each position with the expended cartridges; the condenser boxes are seen steaming away as the water in the cooling jackets reaches boiling point. Note that one of the Vickers lacks a flash-cover on its muzzle.
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:A70 198-1
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-11-19
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Army Film 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)
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Keywords: Germany & Geilenkirchen area, North Rhine-Westphalia (geography)
