Summary: The Germans shell a sector of 70th Brigade's front on the Rauray spur.
Description: German artillery airbursts (88mm?) appear over positions occupied by the 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry in the countryside near the Cheux-Vendes/Fontenay-Rauray crossroads and are quickly followed by mortar (?) bombs, which land 300-400 yards from the cameraman's slit-trench. One of the Battalion's Loyd Carriers and two 17-pounder guns from the 49th (West Riding) Division's anti-tank unit, the 55th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, dash by during a lull in the shelling.
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, AT Regiment 55 (regiment/service)
British Army, Durham Light Infantry, 10th Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: armour, British - carrier: Loyd (object name)
weapons, British - gun: 17-pounder gun (object name)
combat, British - artillery bombardment [I] (object name)
combat, British - mortar bombardment [I] (object name)
01/5(4-16).232 [ Operation Epsom] (event)
Rauray, Calvados, France (geography)
