MEDIUM MACHINE-GUN DETACHMENTS IN ACTION WITH THE 49TH (WEST RIDING) DIVISION DURING ITS ADVANCE TO THE LOWER SEINE (PART 2) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: MEDIUM MACHINE-GUN DETACHMENTS IN ACTION WITH THE 49TH (WEST RIDING) DIVISION DURING ITS ADVANCE TO THE LOWER SEINE (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 140-7
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Troops serving with No. 11 platoon in the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Rifles' 'C' company fire a Vickers medium machine-gun along fixed sights at German positions west of Pont Audemer from the edge of a wood on high ground to the east. To the applause of French women standing nearby (who also point out the whereabouts of German troops for the machine gun team), an FFI volunteer takes a turn in firing the Vickers.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 140-7
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-27
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Smales, Edgar Hiram1920-08-071984-09-19 (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Kensington Rifles, 2nd Battalion, Coy C (regiment/service) British Army, Div 49 (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 1 (regiment/service) Forces Francaises de l'Interieur (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: weapons, British - smallarm: Vickers medium machine gun (object name) Liberation (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 263 ft; Running time: 3 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    A70 140-7

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