Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: A 14 reel edited South African Union Defence Force Film Unit film.
Description: Major General Dan Pienaar and Lieutenant General "Strafer" Gott leaving Divisional HQ after a conference. Carrier pigeon. Dust rising from a Stuka attack on the front line. A colonel of a Rand regiment looking out over no man's land from advance observation post.
Destruction by thirteen sappers of an Italian bomber brought down by Rand and Durban regiments. Placing of charges on the plane. The proceedings were interrupted by Germans opening fire on the party with trench mortar fire. Demolition and burning of the plane.
Italian prisoners captured by a Natal regiment, the group consists of fifty two men and three officers. Their clothes are in tatters and their equipment shoddy. These men were from the Trento division and had been stationed in Sicily and were apparently happy to be captured.
Observation Post in the front line. Artillery Officer directing the guns to position. Enemy transport column in far distance. Enemy aircraft overhead. Men moving about at advanced spotting post.
Men gratefully collecting rain water during a rain and hail storm. Camp kitchen.
Patrols and advance units returning after a trip into enemy lines. Italian prisoners being led off blindfolded through the lines. Shot of an Italian bullet in a revolver holster.
The nose of a 500lb bomb from a Stuka which penetrated Colonel J B Bester's Anderson shelter. The Colonel after his lucky escape on top of the dugout. Panel of the Colonel's car, also damaged by a 500lb bomb.
Trucks and staff of the Mobile Army Post Office. Letters and parcels being handled.
An armoured car used for patrol work under the cover of darkness. A captured Italian 47mm gun mounted on the car. Personnel of the car.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
