OPERATION EPSOM - 8TH CORPS' FORMATIONS IN ACTION (PART 15) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION EPSOM - 8TH CORPS' FORMATIONS IN ACTION (PART 15) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 61-5
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  • Summary: While suffering heavy losses themselves, British armoured units sap the strength of the panzer formations brought in to seal off 8th Corps' breakthrough in the Odon Valley.
  • Description: I. Sherman tanks belonging to the 3rd County of London Yeomanry (CLY) move up to attack German armour in the village of Mouen. A Sherman starts to 'brew-up' after receiving a direct hit from an armour piercing round. Airbursts from British artillery supporting the 3rd CLY's assault appear over the village. The cameraman examines a Panther Ausf A tank from the 12th SS Panzer Division knocked out in Colleville by a Sherman Firefly tank; fitted to its lower hull sides and track run are armoured skirts designed to protect it from hollow charge projectiles. II. The cameraman examines three more Hitlerjugend Panther Ausf A tanks caught in an orchard during an abortive counter-attack on Cheux and destroyed one by one as they tried to escape. Among the discarded kit, papers and clothing scattered near the remains of one tank is a miniature chess board. 'Dropped' suspensions, charred rubber surrounds on the large-disced road wheels and pierced armour on one of the tank's turrets characterise the Panthers' dilapidated condition.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-06-28
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Evans, L J (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, County of London Yeomanry, 3rd Battalion (Sharpshooters) (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, United States - tank: M4 Sherman & [British] & [damaged] (object name) armour, German - tank: Pzkpfw V Ausf A & Panther I & [wrecked] (object name) combat, British - artillery bombardment (object name) combat, British - armoured (object name) 01/5(4-16).232 [ Operation Epsom] (event) Mouen, Calvados, France (geography) Colleville-sur-Orne, Calvados, France (geography) Cheux, Calvados, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: None Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 192 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Summary: failing in its purpose of encircling Caen in a left-wheel pincer movement, Epsom forced the Germans to use their panzer reserves, assembling for a massive counter-attack, to block 8th Corps
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