Title:12TH CORPS FIGHTS ITS WAY INTO S'HERTOGENBOSCH (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 183-6
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Summary: Units of the 53rd (Welsh) Division fight their way into s'Hertogenbosch over the Zuidwillemsvaart Canal on the afternoon of 24th October 1944.
Description: Buildings overlooking lock gates on the south-eastern edge of the city are set on fire by a preliminary bombardment designed to suppress German machine-gun posts along the south bank of the canal; infantrymen from the 7th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers (RWF) 'A' company make their way forward under fire towards the lock gates, shelter behind a Churchill Crocodile tank from 141st RAC's 'C' Squadron covering their assault across the canal and dash over a footbridge and the lock gates to reach the opposite bank. A smokescreen laid down by another Churchill Crocodile (unseen) in an attempt to mask the RWF's assault over the lock gates can be seen. The Churchill Crocodile which provided 'A' company with cover from machine-gun and small- arms fire during its dash to the lock gates opens fire with tracer shot from its co-axial Besa machine-gun in support of the infantry on the opposite side of the canal.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Handford, Peter1919-03-212007-11-06Handford is known as a a pioneer of location sound recording. He was an AFPU Lieutenant photographer during the Second World War. He volunteered as part of the British Expeditionary Force and went to France, though he was evacuated after the German invasion. He returned as a cameraman in the D-Day landings. He was shot during fighting two days later, saved by a diary and silver cigarette lighter in his pocket. He was informant in the "Wartime Filming" interview project. His first major film was in 1949 working for Alfred Hitchcock. However, what he is best known for is his involvment in the English new wave cinema movement of the 1960s. Later he was involved in did the sound for famous films such as Gorillas in the Mist and Dangerous Liaisons. He retired in 1988. (Production individual)
