Title:ARTILLERY IN ACTION WITH 1ST CORPS (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 50-1
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Summary: One of AGRA's four medium regiments in action north of Caen.
Description: In 68th Medium Regiment RA's gun lines in fields outside Douvres-la-Délivrande, 5.5-inch shells are laid out ready for firing while the gun-sights and breech-block of one of 233rd Battery's guns are checked and cleaned. Two loaders adjust the fuse setting on several projectiles before stacking them along with the rest. The 5.5-inch gun is seen firing four rounds against German positions outside Caen. Other gun emplacements covered by scrim netting can be seen in the same field. A fellow AFPU cameraman, Sergeant Watkins, is seen briefly at the end of this footage.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Gross, A C (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Watkins (Sergeant) (person)
British Army, Army Film and Photographic Unit (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps 1 (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery, Medium Regiment 68, Bty 233 (regiment/service)
Keywords: combat, British - artillery bombardment (object name)
operations, British military - preparation: loading 5.5-inch gun (object name)
weapons, British - gun: 5.5-inch gun (object name)
weapons, British - shell: 5.5-inch shell (object name)
Caen, Calvados, France (geography)
Douvres-la-Délivrande, Calvados, France (geography)
