Title:AMMUNITION FOR THE GUNS (PART 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 114-1
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Summary: A 2nd Army RASC unit keeps a 3rd AGRA regiment supplied with ammunition.
Description: The cameraman surveys the activity at No. 15 Beach Ammunition Dump outside Bayeux (?) where Dodge and Bedford OY lorries from various RASC units are seen collecting ammunition; among the signboards on display is one banning smoking. Stockpiles of 7.2 inch shells are seen awaiting collection and being checked for issue by RASC or RAOC shoremen. 'Redcap' motorcyclists escort a convoy of Dodge ammunition lorries belonging to No. 1665 Platoon in an unspecified RASC ammunition company to the gun lines of 59th (Newfoundland) Heavy Regiment RA near the Caen Fontenay-le-Pesnel road north of Cheux. Gunners unload 7.2 inch projectiles and bagged charge crates from one of the lorries. A Scammell Pioneer tractor belonging to the heavy regiment arrives at the gun lines and reverses its 7.2 inch gun howitzer into a firing emplacement. Members of the ten man detachment prepare the gun for action and prime shells for firing. The gun bombards German positions opposite 12th Corps' section; note the force of the recoil, driving the gun carriage back onto the large wheel chocks.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Gross, A C (Production individual)
