HUNTING WITH THE 5TH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGIMENT [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HUNTING WITH THE 5TH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGIMENT [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 368/2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: A horse-mounted patrol of the 5th Northamptonshire Regiment on a raid on the Goubellat Plain, Tunisia.
  • Description: The Commanding Officer Lieutenant-Colonel A Ainslie-Crook coming out of the office, ready for patrol. The Canadian Sergeant-Major P S M Dumais coming towards the CO with their horses. The Sergeant-Major receiving details of the patrol. The rest of the patrol horses are led out of the stables by their riders. The group set off on patrol. They travel down a small ravine. The patrol riding abreast, coming over the ridge and advancing into no man's land. They advance onto a farm with a pack mule carrying a 2-inch mortar and ammunition. The patrol passing through barbed wire. Waiting for orders to go out. Three riders who were stable boys and jockeys in peacetime: Private F Winwood from Birmingham, Lance-Corporal A Franklin from Northampton and Lance-Corporal M Chandler from Colville. One of the stable boys grooming the CO's horse. A collection of booty captured by the patrol. Sergeant-Major Dumais examining a German rifle.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-03-13
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) French, Henry (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Crook, Arthur Ainslie (person) British Army, Northamptonshire Regiment, 5th Battalion (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Goubellat, 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: 390 ft; Running time: 4 mins
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 368/2

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