ROAD CLEARANCE, CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR IN NORMANDY (PART 6) [Allocated Title]

Elements of the 7th Armoured Division withdraw into reserve through a village badly damaged by the fighting and now being part-demolished for the purposes of road construction.

Troops from the 50th (Northumbrian) Division watch Cromwell tanks belonging to the 1st Royal Tank Regiment race through Juaye-Mondaye; note the 'TT' sign in the background which points the way to 50th Division's HQ. Seen among the Cromwells and Fireflies travelling through the village are two captured Wehrmacht trucks now in use with 295th Field Company Royal Engineers, a 50th Division unit. An armoured bulldozer from 149th Assault Park Squadron RE is seen assisting 295th Field Company RE in demolishing badly-damaged thatched cottages during the construction of a military road through Juaye-Mondaye; its powerful rear-mounted cable winch is used to tear down walls. Also at work on the site is an RB-10 excavator which is seen dumping rubble suitable for road construction into Dodge and Dennis tipper lorries. A French boy helps sappers lay stone rubble foundations for a permanent road surface at a widened bend in the road leading through the village.

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