Title:THE MARETH LINE; GENERAL MONTGOMERY VISITS THE GREMADIER GUARDS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 366/6/1
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Activity on the Mareth Line. Montgomery pays an informal visit to the 7th Armoured Division at Médenine, east of the Mareth Line, Tunisia.
Description: The Mareth Line filmed from an observation post on the top of the foothills of the Matmata mountains. Tanks in the forward position. 25 pounders of the 5th Royal Horse Artillery at the Mareth Line. Tanks unloading. A harbour. General Montgomery alights from his tank and shakes hands with Lieutenant-Colonel Clive of the Grenadier Guards. He talks to officers of the 6th Battalion Grenadier Guards. Montgomery drives off in his tank, saluting.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Acland, A W (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Montgomery, Bernard Law (person)
British Army, 7th Armoured Division (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery, Royal Horse Artillery (regiment/service)
British Army, Grenadier Guards, 6th Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Médenine, Tunisia (geography)
Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
