OPERATION EPSOM - CAPTURE OF RAURAY SPUR (PART 2) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION EPSOM - CAPTURE OF RAURAY SPUR (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 59-7
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  • 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.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 59-7
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-06-27
  • 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, 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)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 99 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
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