Title:THE ADVANCE OF THE 6TH BATTALION QUEEN'S OWN ROYAL WEST KENTS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 334/2
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Advance on the Djebel Bargou sector of the Southern Front, Tunisia.
Description: A shell bursting on enemy positions. A Vickers machine gun firing in the same position. More shells bursting. A second Vickers firing on the enemy observation post. A 3-inch mortar in a riverbed. A 25 pounder belonging to the 12th Royal Horse Artillery, Honourable Artillery Company being washed in the river at Battalion HQ. Italian weapons abandoned in a wadi. French gas masks. Men of the Royal West Kents on the top of the ridge.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
French, Henry (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, 6th Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery, Royal Horse Artillery, 12th Regiment (regiment/service)
Keywords: Tunisia (geography)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)