Title:ARTILLERY IN ACTION WITH 1ST CORPS (PART 3) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 50-2
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Summary: A heavy anti-aircraft gun battery guards the hinterland of 'Sword' Beach from the Luftwaffe and a 4th AGRA field artillery regiment supports 1st Corps' operations.
Description: I. 3.7-inch AA guns belonging to 'C' troop in 103rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment's 323rd Battery are seen in position outside Colleville-sur-Orne. The seven-man crew of one gun as seen performing various maintenance chores before an enemy aircraft alert galvanises the gunners into action. A Gunner digs a slit-trench. Observers manning an aircraft identification telescope (?) and a range-finder provide the gun detachments with information concerning their target. A signaller operates the Tannoy switchboard system which relays the troop leader's orders to all four gun crews. At one of the 3.7-inch AA gun positions, the gun commander, on receiving firing instructions over his Tannoy loudspeaker, gives his gunners the order to fire.
II. A troop of 25-pounder field guns belonging to 150th Field Regiment RA's 514th Battery bombards German positions opposite 3rd Division's sector of 1st Corps' front north of Caen.
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: British Army, 103rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 323nd Battery (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery, Field Regiment 150, Bty 514 (regiment/service)
Keywords: communications, British military - wire: switchboard (object name)
combat, British - anti-aircraft (object name)
defences, British - emplacement (object name)
equipment, British military - fire control (object name)
operations, British military - maintenance: AA gun (object name)
weapons, British - gun [AA]: 3.7-inch (object name)
weapons, British - gun: 25-pounder field gun (object name)
Caen, Calvados, France (geography)
Colleville-sur-Orne, Calvados, France (geography)
