Summary:Various shots of wreckage (left by the German 7th Army) on the roads surrounding Chambois: Panther tanks; armoured cars; French peasant leading his horse and farm cart among the debris; halftracks; damaged crucifix (no cross, only the Christ remaining); headless horse; a (live) horse standing in the midst of wrecked tanks; halftrack; Bren carrier; dead German soldier (eyes and mouth full of crawling maggots); close-up of same; dead horses; wrecked jeep; another dead German (face swollen and black, again crawling with maggots); a little French girl in a white frock standing by a white gate-post, in the wind; more dead horses; a smashed tank lying by a stone pedestal (war memorial, with French flag flying from it); another dead German sprawled near bits of twisted machinery; damaged halftrack.
Description:Various shots of wreckage (left by the German 7th Army) on the roads surrounding Chambois: Panther tanks; armoured cars; French peasant leading his horse and farm cart among the debris; halftracks; damaged crucifix (no cross, only the Christ remaining); headless horse; a (live) horse standing in the midst of wrecked tanks; halftrack; Bren carrier; dead German soldier (eyes and mouth full of crawling maggots); close-up of same; dead horses; wrecked jeep; another dead German (face swollen and black, again crawling with maggots); a little French girl in a white frock standing by a white gate-post, in the wind; more dead horses; a smashed tank lying by a stone pedestal (war memorial, with French flag flying from it); another dead German sprawled near bits of twisted machinery; damaged halftrack.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:ACB 143
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM (ACB 143)
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-08-24-1944-08-24
Production Country:GB
Production Details:Royal Air Force (Production company)
Baker, L A C (Production individual)
Hicks (Sergeant) (Production individual)
