SCENES IN THE ODON BATTLEFIELD FOLLOWING OPERATION EPSOM (PART 12) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SCENES IN THE ODON BATTLEFIELD FOLLOWING OPERATION EPSOM (PART 12) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 67-6
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  • Summary: A Sherman Dozer is seen at work.
  • Description: Equipped with a hydraulically-operated dozer blade - a standard optional fixture on the M4 series of tanks - a scrim netting-covered Sherman tank belonging to the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry is seen clearing away soil during the construction of a hull-down firing position for tanks along the Verson-Mouen road in the Odon Valley.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 67-6
  • Sound: None
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-04
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Watkins, R V (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Yeomanry, Fife and Forfar, 2 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, United States - funnies: M4 Sherman Dozer & [British] (object name) engineering, military, British: tank firing pit (object name) Second World War, North West Europe & Operation Overlord & 4/7/1944 (event) Verson, Calvados, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: None Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 94 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    A70 67-6

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