25 POUNDERS AT SEDJENANE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: 25 POUNDERS AT SEDJENANE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 362/4-5
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Six men of "E" Sub-Section, "Z" Troop, "D" Battery of the 12th Honourable Artillery Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery firing a 25 pounder gun at a German patrol at Sedjenane, Tunisia.
  • Description: The gun firing. A flash of explosive. Commander, Corps Royal Artillery Brigadier Ambrose Pratt visits the gun position and speaks to Captain J Kirk (on his left) and Captain Austin. Close-up of the Brigadier. View of the rear of the gun through camouflage as the gunners fire a round. The barrel of the gun as it fires.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-03-05
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Black, A W (Production individual) Rignold, Harry (Captain)1943-09-12Cameraman, service number 98582, killed in action during Salerno landings. See http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=938723 accessed 7 March 2011 (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Artillery, Royal Horse Artillery, 12th Regiment, D Battery, Z Troop, E Sub-Section (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Sedjenane, 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: 165 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • Notes: Two of the men are from Falkirk, one from Croydon, one from Bexleyheath, one from North Shields and one from Banstead, Surrey.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 362/4-5

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