2ND ARMY ENGINEERS CLEAR A ROUTE THROUGH THE RUINS OF AUNAY- SUR-ODON [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: 2ND ARMY ENGINEERS CLEAR A ROUTE THROUGH THE RUINS OF AUNAY- SUR-ODON [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 124-8
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  • Summary:
  • Description: 2nd Army pioneers build a road through the ruins of Aunay- sur-Odon and clear away rubble with pick-axes and spades to allow 12th and 30th Corps road traffic access through the devastated village to the front south of Mont Pincon.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-15
  • 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 Pioneer Corps (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: engineering, military, British: road building (object name) destruction, French military - area: bomb (object name) Operation Bluecoat, Mont Pinçon 1944, North West Europe, Second World War (event) 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: 202 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Note: See A70 124-7 for similar footage. Refer also to A70 113-18, 20 and 21 for material shot in Aunay-sur-Odon shortly after its capture by the 7th Armoured and 59th (Staffordshire) Divisions. Remarks: Good footage. Best seen with the items of ciné material listed above. Documentation/associated material: For a bibliography, refer to the publications listed in A70 113-20.
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    A70 124-8

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