ABANDONED GERMAN HEAVY ARTILLERY IN NORTHERN FRANCE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ABANDONED GERMAN HEAVY ARTILLERY IN NORTHERN FRANCE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 146-7
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  • Summary:
  • Description: The cameraman examines a 15cm Kanone 18 heavy artillery piece abandoned by a German artillery unit on the road to Amiens near Baixencourt (?); in the background can be seen its Sdkfz 8 12t half-track prime mover. Nearby, a 15cm Kanone 18 gun barrel resting on a specially-designed carriage to facilitate towing is discovered lying in a field with its shot-up Sdkfz 8 tractor in the foreground; traffic from 12th Corps units can be seen using the road in the background.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: A70 146-7
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-09-02
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Johnson, John Norman1909 (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Corps 30 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, German - halftrack: Sdkfz 8 & [damaged] (object name) weapons, German - gun: 15cm Kanone 18 & [damaged] (object name) Baixencourt, Calvados, 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: 98 ft; Running time: 1 min
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