POLISH ARMOUR ASSEMBLES SOUTH OF CAEN FOR OPERATION 'TOTALISE' [Allocated Title]

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Object description

Armour and supplies for the 1st Polish Armoured Division move up to their assembly area south-east of Caen prior to taking part in Phase II of 2nd Canadian Corps' Operation "Totalise", an offensive aimed at piercing the 1st SS Panzer Korps' front astride the N158 highway and ultimately capturing Falaise.

Full description

Sherman tanks serving with the recently-landed 1st Polish Armoured Division's 1st Armoured Regiment move up to their assembly area in the flat wheatfields beyond Cormelles in the early morning of August 8th 1944. A Polish military policeman directs a line of Fordson three-tonners carrying supplies for the 1st Armoured Regiment to its destination. A calvary, a common sight for Allied troops travelling through the villages and cross-roads of Normandy, is a silent witness to the flow of military traffic to the front.

Physical description

35mm

Object details

Category: Film
Related period: Second World War (content)
Creator: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Connolly, J R (Production individual)
Production date: 1944-08-08
Place made: GB
Dimensions: whole: Footage: 99 ft; Running time: 1 min
Catalogue number: A70 116-3

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