Title:ATTACK ON GREEN HILL, TUNISIA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 304/1
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The 36th Infantry Brigade attack on the Mateur Front, Western Desert.
Description: Troops from the 14/16 Medium Battery, Don Troop bombard Green Hill with 5.5-inch guns. A gun crew with a gun which fired a record 90 rounds without stop. The 321 Field Battery, Royal Artillery shelling the summit of Green Hill at midday. General Allfrey and Brigadier Howlett in the battle area behind infantry positions. Messerschmitts swooping over Green Hill. Wounded men being put on wheeled stretchers to be taken to the Advanced Dressing Station as shells explode in the background. The Buffs carrying .303 ammunition for use in the attack on the night of 6 January. No. 1 Commandos waiting to be taken up to the front. Prisoners being brought out of the Gendarmerie at Sedjenane by the 101 Provost Company, 7 Section. Prisoners in the truck before moving to Corps HQ.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Meyer (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Allfrey, Charles Walter (person)
Howlett, Bernard (person)
British Army, Royal Artillery, 4th Medium Regiment, 14/16 Battery, Don Troop (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery, 321st Field Battery (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal East Kent Regiment (regiment/service)
British Army, No.1 Commando (regiment/service)
British Army, Corps of Royal Military Police, 101 Provost Company (regiment/service)
Keywords: Sedjenane, Tunisia (geography)
Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
