MACHINE-GUNS IN ACTION ON 43RD (WESSEX) DIVISION'S FRONT NEAR HILL 112 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: MACHINE-GUNS IN ACTION ON 43RD (WESSEX) DIVISION'S FRONT NEAR HILL 112 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 94-6
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Men serving with No. 10 Platoon Battalion in 'C' Company of 43rd (Wessex) Division's heavy mortar and machine-gun unit, the 8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, are seen stripping and cleaning their Vickers machine-guns during a brief lull in the fighting. After a brief conference with the company commander, the captain in charge of the platoon calls the gunners to action stations. From the shelter of covered dugouts the platoon fires its machine-guns along fixed sights of the German front-line just beyond Maltot.
  • 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) Watkins, R V (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Middlesex Regiment, 8th Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Div 43 (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 12 (regiment/service) British Army, Middlesex Regiment, 8th Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Div 43 (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 12 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, British - carrier: Universal (object name) weapons, British - smallarm: Vickers medium machine gun (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: 372 ft; Running time: 4 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Note: See A70 94-7 for similar footage and refer to A70 96-2 and 3 for material showing British troops in Maltot, A70 76-4, 5 and 6 (in which the 8th Middlesex's 4.2 inch mortars are seen in action), 83-7, 85-7 and 87-4 and 3 for footage showing 8th and 12th Corps' formations in action in the Hill 112 sector during July 1944 and refer generally to material relating to Operation "Epsom". Remarks: Good footage. Best seen with items listed above, notably A70 94-7. Documentation/associated material: for a bibliography, refer to 'The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridgeshire's Own) 1919- 1952' by Lieutenant-Commander Kemp RN in addition to the publications listed in A70 76-4 and 5.
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