Title:THE 7TH ARMOURED DIVISION SPEARHEADS 12TH CORPS' ADVANCE THROUGH NORTHERN FRANCE (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 152-2
Other titles:
Summary: Leading elements of the 7th Armoured Division approach the Franco-Belgian frontier during their drive for Ghent.
Description: Women volunteers of the French Resistance movement march on parade through Mozingarbe as M5 half-tracks from the 1st Rifle Brigade's 'A' company motor through the village, their crews waving to the women. Accompanied by a CMP 3-ton lorry from the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars carrying supplies for "Ghent Force", three Humber scout cars and a jeep from 7th Armoured Division's HQ troops head through Carvin. M5 half-tracks, Cromwell tanks and a Fordson 15cwt truck are seen among vehicles belonging to "Ghent Force" motoring along a dusty, pave-surfaced road outside Lille as evening falls.
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: Verney (Major General) (person)
British Army, Div, Armoured, 7 (regiment/service)
British Army, Bde, Armoured, 22 (regiment/service)
Forces Francaises de l'Interieur (regiment/service)
British Army, Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps 12 (regiment/service)
Keywords: armour, British - armoured car: Humber scout car (object name)
armour, United States - halftrack: M5 (object name)
transport, Canadian military - truck: CMP truck (object name)
armour, British - tank: Cromwell (object name)
