FIELD GUNS IN ACTION ON 59TH (STAFFORDSHIRE) DIVISION'S SECTOR OF 30TH CORPS' FRONT [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: FIELD GUNS IN ACTION ON 59TH (STAFFORDSHIRE) DIVISION'S SECTOR OF 30TH CORPS' FRONT [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 84-3
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  • Summary:
  • Description: From emplacements dug well into the ground and concealed by ripening wheat, 25-pounder guns belonging to the 110th Field Artillery Regiment RA bombard 276th Infantry Division's lines in an attempt to prevent the Germans from re-infiltrating into Brettevillette.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: A70 84-3
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-17
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Parkinson (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Artillery (regiment/service) British Army, Div 59 (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 30 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: defences, British - emplacement (object name) Normandy, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 100 ft; Running time: 1 min
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