OPERATION JUPITER (PART 2) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION JUPITER (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 76-5
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  • Summary: Armour assembles in the Odon Valley during the early hours of July 10 1944 before going into action with the 43rd (Wessex) Division on Hill 112.
  • Description: Churchill tanks belonging to the 9th Royal Tank Regiment (a 31st Tank Brigade unit) are seen moving up from Norrey-en-Bessin prior to the opening of Operation Jupiter. An M10 Achilles self- propelled gun from the 91st Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery leads a column of Sherman tanks from the Royal Scots Greys (a 4th Armoured Brigade unit) which is seen proceeding along the N 175 Caen - Villers-Bocage road. Overtaking infantrymen marching to their start-lines, the Shermans plough their way in choking dust towards their assembly point at Fontaine Etoupefour in the light of the early morning sun.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-10
  • 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, Royal Tank Regiment, Bn 9 (regiment/service) British Army, Dragoons 2 (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Artillery, AT Regiment 91 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, British - tank: Churchill (object name) armour, United States - SPG: M10 Achilles & [British] (object name) armour, United States - tank: M4 Sherman & [British] (object name) operations, British military - movement: road (object name) Hill 112 (Operation Jupiter) 1944, North West Europe, Second World War (event) Norrey-en-Bessin, Calvados, France (geography) N175 Caen-Willers-Bocage Road, Fontaine-Étoupefour, Calvados, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: None Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 250 ft; Running time: 3 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Remarks: the initial sequences were shot in poor light at dawn
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