HEAVY GUNS SUPPORT 7TH ARMOURED DIVISION'S ADVANCE TOWARDS AUNAY-SUR-ODON [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HEAVY GUNS SUPPORT 7TH ARMOURED DIVISION'S ADVANCE TOWARDS AUNAY-SUR-ODON [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 109-5
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  • Summary:
  • Description: 155mm "Long Tom" heavy guns belonging to the 52nd (Bedford Yeomanry) Heavy Regiment RA are seen bombarding German heavy Mortars belonging to units delaying 7th Armoured Division's advance towards Aunay-sur-Odon. Camouflage netting has been erected over each gun emplacement to provide a degree of concealment, a state of affairs which is comprised by the dust the blast kicks up each time a "Long Tom" is fired. Empty cardboard containers for 155mm bagged propellant charges are loaded into the back of a lorry before being sent away for salvage.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 109-5
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-02
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Covey (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Artillery (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 30 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: weapons, British - gun: 155mm Long Tom (object name) Operation Bluecoat, Mont Pinçon 1944, North West Europe, Second World War (event) 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: 97 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    A70 109-5

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