AN ALLIED ROAD CONVOY COMES UNDER ATTACK IN SOUTHERN HOLLAND [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AN ALLIED ROAD CONVOY COMES UNDER ATTACK IN SOUTHERN HOLLAND [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 164-6
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  • Description: A Dodge ambulance races past lorries hit and set on fire by German self-propelled guns, probably belonging to 107th Panzer Brigade, during one of several "Indian raids" on 30th Corps lines of communication along "Hell's Highway", in this instance near Zon. British drivers and US airborne troops from the road convoy take cover by the roadside as ammunition in one of the trucks set ablaze by gunfire begins to explode.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 164-6
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-09-20
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic 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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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 97 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
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