Title:THE 43RD (WESSEX) DIVISION CONSOLIDATES ITS GRIP ON A VILLAGE NEAR HILL 112 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 96-2
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Summary: The village of Maltot, first captured briefly on July 10th and finally re-taken on July 23rd by the 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, remains in British hands.
Description: German direction signs nailed onto a tree outside the village serve as a visible reminder of its former occupants. Maltot itself is uninhabitable; its main street is lined with gutted cottages and covered with debris. Wrecked and abandoned equipment from both sides litter the ruins; two infantrymen from the Wiltshire Regiment inspected equipment left behind by the 271 Infantry Division including a Mauser Kar 98K rifle. Road signs point the way to local villages still in German hands; a few yards away a 7th RTR Churchill tank lies in wait among the ruins for a possible German counter-attack. From a Forward Observation Post, knocked-out British tanks can be seen on the slopes of Hill 112.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Gross, A C (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Wiltshire Regiment, 5th Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Bde 129 (regiment/service)
British Army, Div 43 (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps 12 (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Tank Regiment, 7th Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Bde, Tank, 31 (regiment/service)
Keywords: armour, British - tank: Churchill (object name)
Normandy, France (geography)
