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Object description
The 7th Armoured Division advances into hilly, wooded country east of the Dives river and finds its route obstructed by small, determined German rear-guard parties.
Full description
Gunners belonging to the 3rd Royal Horse Artillery's 'D' battery fire their 25-pounder field guns on targets near Livarot. The battery commander refers to a stop-watch as he gives the order to fire. Engineers detonate at a distance a large German land-mine on the St Pierre-sur-Dives - Livarot road. A four-man patrol from the 1/6th Battalion Queen's Regiment scours hedgerows and an orchard for snipers. Infantrymen are seen briefly riding on the back of a lorry. A Vickers machine-gun detachment from No. 3 Group Royal Northumberland Fusiliers spies on German positions in and around the small town of Livarot. From this position, the cameraman films 25-pounder shells bursting on hills overlooking Livarot and the Vie valley. Cromwell and Firefly tanks belonging to the 1st Royal Tank Regiment's 'C' squadron roll into the village of Boissey.
Physical description
35mm
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