Title:ACTIVITIES IN THE ORNE BRIDGEHEAD, JUNE 1944 (PART 13) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 67-3
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Summary: Situated at the extreme eastern end of 'Sword' Beach, the port of Ouistreham lies exposed to German artillery bombardment from the east bank of the Orne estuary.
Description: The cameraman examines the lighthouse at the mouth of the Canal de Caen de la Mer which is somewhat the worse for wear after frequent German shelling; a Dennis tipper lorry is parked nearby. The cameraman surveys the harbour basin at Ouistreham where several vessels scuttled or sunk on D-Day lie half- submerged; a Bedford water truck moves over a Class 40 Bailey bridge built by 1st Corps engineers over the lock gates leading into the harbour. A signboard points the way to Ranville and the main part of Ouistreham; buildings badly damaged by German bombardments are situated nearby. From the lighthouse, a member of a Royal Navy Forward Observer and Bombardment Liaison team scans the east bank of the Orne estuary beyond a stretch of beach lying between the mouth of the Caen canal and the Orne River itself.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Leeson, W J (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy (regiment/service)
Keywords: transport, British military - truck: Dennis tipper truck (object name)
transport, British military - truck: Bedford water truck (object name)
buildings, French - maritime: lighthouse (object name)
destruction, French military - area: artillery bombardment (object name)
Second World War, North West Europe & Operation Overlord & 25/6/1944 (event)
Ouistreham, Calvados, France (geography)
