OPERATION EPSOM - 8TH CORPS' FORMATIONS IN ACTION (PART 19) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION EPSOM - 8TH CORPS' FORMATIONS IN ACTION (PART 19) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 61-9
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  • Summary: Armour moves up into the Odon Valley at dawn.
  • Description: Silhouetted against the sunrise, Sherman and Firefly tanks belonging to the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry's 'B' Squadron move up from Norrey-en-Bessin towards Fontaine Etoupefour where they will join the rest of 29th Armoured Brigade on Hill 112.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-06-29
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Robinson, D (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, B Squadron (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, United States - tank: M4 Sherman & [British] (object name) armour, United States - funnies: M4 Sherman Firefly & [British] (object name) operations, British military - movement: armour (object name) 01/5(4-16).232 [ Operation Epsom] (event) Norrey-en-Bessin, Calvados, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: None Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 98 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Summary: all three of 29th Armoured Brigade's tank regiments saw action in the Hill 112 sector, a feature so exposed to German artillery and rocket-mortar fire that it had to be abandoned when Epsom was called off Remarks: good footage, with some impressive cloud patterns caught by the rising sun
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