BRITISH TROOPS CONSOLIDATE 3RD DIVISION'S HOLD ON BANNEVILLE-SANNERVILLE (PART 1) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BRITISH TROOPS CONSOLIDATE 3RD DIVISION'S HOLD ON BANNEVILLE-SANNERVILLE (PART 1) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 94-2
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  • Summary: The 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment is seen in position in Banneville-Sannerville, two villages astride the Caen-Troarn railway captured by 3rd Division's 8th Brigade during July 18th 1944.
  • Description: Soldiers help clear debris and mud, the products of bombing and torrential rain, off the main road running through Banneville-Sannerville. The Caen-Troarn railway has been badly deformed by the force of explosions from bombs dropped by the RAF during the aerial bombardment prior to the opening of Operation "Goodwood". A bren-gunner and a rifleman keep watch by the railway.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 94-2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-24
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Connolly, J R (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Bde 8 (regiment/service) British Army, Div 3 (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 1 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: destruction, French military - area: bomb (object name) transport, - rail (object name) 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: 190 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

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