Title:ARTILLERY IN ACTION ON 1ST CORPS' FRONT DURING OPERATION 'CHARNWOOD' (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 74-2
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Summary:
Description: A 5.5-inch gun emplacement sited in a wheatfield and covered with camouflage netting (thus masking it entirely) is seen in action in a 4th AGRA medium regiment's gun lines near Periers-sur-le-Dan (?) during a dusk (?) bombardment on German positions around Caen. The gun is seen to fire at least six rounds; a loader carrying a 5.5-inch projectile is seen entering the camouflage emplacement and returning to collect another.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
McArdle, T P (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Army Gp 4 (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery, Medium Regiment 4 (regiment/service)
Keywords: combat, British - artillery bombardment (object name)
defences, British - emplacement: gun emplacement & [camouflaged] (object name)
equipment, British military - camouflage: camouflage netting (object name)
weapons, British - gun: 5.5-inch gun (object name)
weapons, British - shell: 5.5-inch shell (object name)
Caen, Calvados, France (geography)
Periers-sur-le-Dan, Calvados, France (geography)
