51st (Highland) Division's preparations for the Normandy invasion
A multi-item reel containing footage of 51st (Highland) Division's preparations for the Normandy invasion while training in the Thetford battle area, showing vehicles passing through Thetford and Bury St Edmunds, divisional commander Major-General Bullen-Smith in conference with his staff officers, troops of the Black Watch practising street fighting and going through an assault course and mechanics of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers waterproofing vehicles.
(A70 14-1)
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/it...ect/1060008437
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