ROYAL MARINE COMMANDOS IN ACTION IN THE ORNE BRIDGE-HEAD [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ROYAL MARINE COMMANDOS IN ACTION IN THE ORNE BRIDGE-HEAD [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 112-2
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  • Summary: Commandos go out on patrol to observe the fall of shot from a supporting mortar platoon.
  • Description: Four Royal Marines from No. 47 Commando, a unit serving with No. 4 Special Service Brigade serving with the 6th Airborne Division in the Orne bridgehead, slip into 'no man's land' and then into the German lines beyond Le Flein to serve as spotters for their 3-inch mortar platoon. Contact is maintained between the platoon and the patrol by radio transmitter. At the support platoon's position, four commandos stripped to the waist loose off 3-inch bombs in rapid succession.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: A70 112-2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-03
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Walker (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Royal Marines & Commandos (regiment/service) British Army, Bde, Special Service, 4 (regiment/service) British Army, Div, Airborne, 6 (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 1 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: weapons, - mortar: 3-inch mortar (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: 96 ft; Running time: 1 min
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