OPERATION EPSOM - SCENES ON THE EVE OF BATTLE (PART 1) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION EPSOM - SCENES ON THE EVE OF BATTLE (PART 1) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 58-3
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  • Summary: Medium artillery in action.
  • Description: Flashes from rounds fired by 84th Medium Regiment Royal Artillery's 4.5-inch gun troop illuminate the night. At dawn, the cameraman focuses on one 4.5-inch gun in action with three others in the same troop in a field at Juaye-Mondaye.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 58-3
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-06-26
  • 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, Medium Regiment 84 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: combat, British - artillery bombardment (object name) weapons, British - gun: 4.5-inch gun (object name) 01/5(4-16).232 [ Operation Epsom] (event) Juaye-Mondaye, 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: 185 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    A70 58-3

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