Title:ARMOUR AND INFANTRY UNITS CROSS THE SEINE INTO 12TH CORPS' BRIDGEHEAD (PART 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 143-8
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Summary: Units from the 4th Armoured Brigade (?) and 53rd (Welsh) Division cross the Seine at Muids.
Description: Loyd carriers with six-pounder anti-tank guns in tow, Universal carriers, jeeps, M5 half-tracks, despatch riders (from either the 4th Battalion The Welsh Regiment or other 53rd Division units) move slowly across the Class 40 Bailey pontoon bridge built by 15th (Scottish) Division RE units; also seen crossing the bridge are two Valentine scissors bridgelayers from the 4th Armoured Brigade (?). A Loyd carrier towing a six-pounder anti-tank gun and a Bedford 15 cwt truck from the 4th The Welsh Regiment are seen crossing the Bailey pontoon bridge in company with infantrymen from the same unit who have to march across the Seine in the rain.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Gross, A C (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Welch Fusiliers, Royal, 6th Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Bde 160 (regiment/service)
British Army, Div 53 (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps 12 (regiment/service)
Keywords: armour, British - funnies: Valentine bridgelayer (object name)
armour, British - carrier: Loyd (object name)
weapons, British - gun [AT]: 57mm 6-pounder (object name)
transport, British military - truck: Bedford 15cwt 4x2 (object name)
operations, Allied military - movement: river crossing (object name)
engineering, military, British: Class 40 Bailey bridge (object name)
Seine (River), France (geography)
