5.5-INCH GUNS IN ACTION WITH 36TH INFANTRY BRIGADE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: 5.5-INCH GUNS IN ACTION WITH 36TH INFANTRY BRIGADE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 303/4-1
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Artillery activity in Tunisia.
  • Description: The 14/16 Medium Battery (Don Troop) attached to the 1st Army in action. Fuses being fitted to shells, shells being loaded, range being plotted and the gun being elevated but the attack is cancelled. A patrol of commandos passes.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: AYY 303/4-1
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-01-04
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Meyer (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 36th Brigade (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Artillery, 4th Medium Regiment, 14/16 Battery, Don Troop (regiment/service) British Army, commandos (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Medjez el Bab, Tunisia (geography) Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event) North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 368 ft; Running time: 4 mins
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