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Object description
Two sequences, one showing units of the 7th Armoured Division crossing the Seine, the other showing the 15th (Scottish) Division enjoying a brief rest from the war.
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I. The cameraman surveys the ruins of Château Gaillard, a castle built in 1196 by Richard the Lionheart on limestone cliffs overlooking Les Andelys and the Seine. Two Scammell tank transporters from 22nd Armoured Brigade's REME unit and a jeep make their way across a 440-foot long Class 40 Bailey pontoon bridge assembled by 6th Army Troops RE from 29th to 31st August 1944 at Les Andelys.
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II. At Muids, the pipe band of the 10th Battalion Highland Light Infantry marches through the village and attracts a following from some of the local inhabitants. The 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders' pipe band plays to men of the battalion and local people in a field in the village of Le Thuit.
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35mm
