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Title:THE 7TH ARMOURED DIVISION ADVANCES NORTHWARDS FROM THE SEINE WITH 12TH CORPS (PART 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 145-6
Other titles:
Summary:
Description: The Tricolour returns to the Post Office in Lyons-la-Fôret, a small town lying in the path of 7th Armoured Division's advance from the Seine. Five Sexton 25-pounder self-propelled guns and a Bedford QL three-ton lorry and an M5 half-track from the 5th Royal Horse Artillery pound the dry road leading into the town from the Fôret de Lyons. At their regional headquarters in the town, FFI youths clip the hair of a twenty-year old (?) girl accused of having collaborated with the Germans. Members of the crowd, gathered to watch the punishment, wave to the cameraman.
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, Royal Artillery (regiment/service)
British Army, Div, Armoured, 7 (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps 12 (regiment/service)
Forces Francaises de l'Interieur (regiment/service)
Keywords: arts, French - heraldry: flag, Tricolour (object name)
law and order, French - punishment: women collaborators (object name)
armour, British - SPG: Sexton 25-pounder (object name)
celebrations, French - liberation (object name)
Lyons-la-Fôret, Eure, France (geography)