A BRITISH HELD HAMLET ON 49TH (WEST RIDING) DIVISION'S FRONT [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: A BRITISH HELD HAMLET ON 49TH (WEST RIDING) DIVISION'S FRONT [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 183-13
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  • Summary:
  • Description: A two-man Bren-gun team from the 1st Battalion Royal Leicester Regiment Keeps watch from a first floor window overlooking the Square in a hamlet ("Stonebridge") built around a road junction one miles south of the Dutch-Belgium border on the main Antwerp-Breda road. Universal carrier detachments and infantrymen from either the Leicester Regiment or other 49th Division units are seen heading through "Stonebridge".
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 183-13
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-10-23
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Crocker, C (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: Belgium (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 95 ft; Running time: 1 min
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