THE 1ST SOUTH LANCASHIRE RE REGIMENT MOVES UP TO THE FRONT [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: THE 1ST SOUTH LANCASHIRE RE REGIMENT MOVES UP TO THE FRONT [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 121-1
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Infantrymen serving with the 1st Battalion South Lancashire Regiment march across country and along a stretch of the Vire- Tinchebrai road (the N24 bis) during 8th Brigade's advance towards the vicinity of Point 272 some two miles to the south- east of Vire. A section of riflemen dashes across the N24 bis (?) under machine-gun fire. Further on down the road a burnt-out 3rd Recce (?) Regiment Humber armoured car is discovered. The cameraman follows a rifle platoon down a sunken lane shrouded by thick hedgerows and across a dry dusty field.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 121-1
  • 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) Grant, Ian James1917-04-16Family origin: Edinburgh, Scotland (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Lancashire Regiment, South, 1st Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Bde 8 (regiment/service) British Army, Div 3 (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 8 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: materiel - wreckage (object name) Calvados, France (geography) 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: 187 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    A70 121-1

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