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.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
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)
