SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY GOES INTO ACTION IN THE MONT PINCON SECTOR OF 30TH CORPS' FRONT [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY GOES INTO ACTION IN THE MONT PINCON SECTOR OF 30TH CORPS' FRONT [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 120-7
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  • Summary:
  • Description: A troop of Sexton 25-pounder self-propelled guns from either the 86th (East Anglian and Hertfordshire Yeomanry) or the 147th (Essex Yeomanry) Field Regiment RA bombard German units delaying 50th (Northumbrian) Division's advance towards Condé-sur-Noireau around the village of St Pierre la Vielle. The heat of the countryside around Mont Pincon is such that the gunners of one particular Sexton are stripped to the waist as they load and fire their 25-pounder gun.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 120-7
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-11
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Parkinson (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Artillery (regiment/service) British Army, Bde, Armoured, 8 (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 30 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Operation Bluecoat, Mont Pinçon 1944, North West Europe, Second World War (event) Normandy, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 60 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    A70 120-7

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