SCENES IN THE NORMANDY BEACH-HEAD D+1, D+2 (PART 9) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SCENES IN THE NORMANDY BEACH-HEAD D+1, D+2 (PART 9) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 37-3
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  • Summary: 50th Division units head inland from 'Gold' Beach to cut the Bayeux-Caen highway at St Léger.
  • Description: I. The 5th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment heads inland from 'King Red' Beach at La Rivière (4/7th Dragoon Guards and 81st Assault Squadron Royal Engineers armour on and just behind the beach), passing grass set alight by mortar fire, an anti-tank ditch bridged by a Churchill fascine-carrier and a declared minefield at Mont Fleury strongpoint, the shelled village of Mont Fleury (?) and a 50th Division artillery halftrack and several civilians in Ver-sur-Mer. The battalion advances on Crépon; Wehrmacht troops wave a white flag in order to surrender. Villagers watch British troops file through Crépon. Supported by the 4/7th Dragoon Guards, the troops head for Villers-le-Sec, taking several prisoners and encountering a destroyed 352nd Infantry Division (?) 'Sturmgeschütz' en route, fraternise with civilians in the village and encounter opposition in St Gabriel. A night-time fire blazes near Brécy. (?) II. The battalion heads for Rucqueville. Infantry and vehicles file through the village; Allied (?) fighters fly low overhead. Smoke rises from Martragny; the battalion takes up defensive positions outside St Léger. Mitchell medium bombers fly into action. A rifleman takes up position in a looted farmhouse bedroom. Attached Media - A70 37-1, A70 37-2 and A70 37-3
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 37-3
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-06-07
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Parkinson (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Div 50 (regiment/service) British Army, Yorkshire Regiment, East, 5th Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Dragoon Guards, 4/7 (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Engineers, Assault Squadron (?) 81 (regiment/service) German Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: operations, British military - movement: march (object name) combat, British (object name) destruction, French military - area (object name) society, French - friendship (object name) armour, British - funnies: Churchill AVRE fascine carrier (object name) armour, German - SPG: StuG III & [wrecked] (object name) prisoners of war, German - surrender (object name) aircraft, United States - combat: Consolidated B-25 Mitchell (object name) Second World War, North West Europe & Operation Overlord & 6/6/1944=7/6/1944 (event) King Red Beach, Calvados, France (geography) Montfleury, Isère, France (geography) Crépon, Calvados, France (geography) Villers-le-Sec, Aisne, France (geography) Saint Gabriel, Calvados, France (geography) Brécy, Aisne, France (geography) Rucqueville, Calvados, France (geography) Martragny, Calvados, France (geography) Ver-Sur-Mer, Calvados, France (geography) Saint Leger, Pas-de-Calais, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 400 ft; Running time: 4 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    A70 37-3

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    A70 37-4 (LANDINGS ON 'GOLD' BEACH, 6 AND 7 JUNE 1944 (PART 4) [Allocated Title])
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