VEHICLES AND GUNS NEAR THE SEINE CROSSINGS IN BAD WEATHER [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: VEHICLES AND GUNS NEAR THE SEINE CROSSINGS IN BAD WEATHER [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 142-7
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  • Summary: Pouring rain exerts a brake on 30th Corps' advance from its bridge-head on the north bank of the Seine.
  • Description: Lorries and trucks pick their way along the muddy and pot- holed road leading from the Seine crossings into Vernonnet while pioneers work in the pouring rain to keep the road open. Several large and cumbersome 5.5 inch guns from the 64th (London) Medium Regiment RA and their 'Matador' tractors thread their way through the cramped streets of Vernonnet. Beyond the village three-ton lorries from the 8th Battalion the Rifle Brigade slither along a wet and slippery road while two military policemen help push a motor-cycle despatch rider out of the mud. Signallers brave the rain to repair telephone wires while more of 11th Armoured Division transport churns its way through the mire and, in one particular instance, has to be pulled clear.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: A70 142-7
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-29
  • 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 Military Police (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Corps of Signals (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Pioneer Corps (regiment/service) British Army, Rifle Brigade, 8th Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Div, Armoured, 11 (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Artillery (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 30 (regiment/service) British Army, Bde, Armoured, 29 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, British - carrier: Universal (object name) transport, British military - truck: Bedford 3-ton 4x4 QL (object name) armour, British - armoured car: Humber scout car (object name) transport, British military - prime mover: AEC Matador 4x4 tractor (object name) weapons, British - gun: 5.5-inch gun (object name) destruction, French: flood (object name) Vernon, Eure, France (geography) Seine (River), 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: 194 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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