ATTACK ON BRIGADE HQ; OBSERVATION POST [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ATTACK ON BRIGADE HQ; OBSERVATION POST [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 322
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: An air raid by Ju 88s on the Royal Irish 38th Brigade HQ. Officers of C Battery, 12th Royal Horse Artillery at the front line observation post north of Bou Arada.
  • Description: A Bofors gun firing at a Ju 88, tracer shells are visible. The plane attacks for a second time. Bombs bursting blow the hill, 500 yards from HQ. Officers taking bearings and plotting targets to enable the guns to open fire on a German observation post on Two Tree Hill. An officer looking through a Telescope Stereoscopic and giving instructions to other officers. Two Tree Hill with the Telescope Stereoscopic in the foreground.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-01-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) French, Henry (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Artillery, Royal Horse Artillery, C Battery (regiment/service) British Army, 38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade (regiment/service) German Air Force (Third Reich) (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Bou Arada, 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: 107 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 322

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