THE HEAVY GUNS IN ACTION [Allocated Title]



  • Title: THE HEAVY GUNS IN ACTION [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 358/2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: A 7.2-inch gun named Lion Heart of the 18 Battery/56th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery in action near Medjez-El-Bab, Tunisia. The detachment commander is Sergeant Bassett (from Pinner, Middlesex). The gun is one of the heaviest in use in Tunisia.
  • Description: The gun is placed in position. Men hauling wheel blocks into position. The gun being adjusted, loaded and fired at Longstop Hill (Djebel Ahmera). A detonator is screwed onto a shell. Sergeant Bassett reporting on the loudspeaker telephone. A gunner drinking after many rounds of firing.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-03-01
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Lupson (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Artillery, 56th Heavy Regiment, 18th Battery (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Djebel Ahmera, Tunisia (geography) 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: 194 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • Notes: Sergeant Lupson notes that it was impossible to note individual shots due to the speed of working.
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