Title:SHOTS FOR CUTTING INTO ANY WAR FILM; BATTLE IN TUNISIA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 372/2
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:Library shots of close-ups of men of the "Rough Riders", the 11th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery (?), Royal Artillery manning an Oerliken gun at Ain Tounga, Tunisia. A battle exercise by the 6th Inniskilling Fusiliers six miles south west of Medjez el Bab, Tunisia.
Description:16 March. Close-up of Lance-Bombardier Reg Taylor from Topsham, Devon, in action on the gun. Gunner Tom Davis from Membury, Berkshire comes in to the gun with a new magazine. Gunner George Cartland from Streatham, London reloads the gun after Gunner Davis has removed the spent magazine. Lance-Bombardier Taylor runs in and points in the direction of a hostile aircraft. In the background the gun is brought on target. Gunner Cartland points out the aircraft to Gunner Frank Greenslade from Croydon, who fires the gun. Cartland observes through binoculars. Gunner Greenslade behind the gun, stripped to the waist.
22 March. Infantry advancing up a ravine, including men carrying machine guns, mortars and stretchers. Infantry scaling a hill as they advance. The infantry pause to fix bayonets before charging the hill top. The infantry charge, led by their commander. Shot of running legs as the charge goes over the hill top. Charging downhill. A mortar section run in and set up their mortar. The mortar is loaded with a high explosive bomb and fired. Mortar men in action. Close-up of Sergeant McAleer (from Dungannon, County Tyrone) shouting an order. Infantry advancing under cover of a smokescreen. A signaller adjusts his Number 38 inter-platoon wireless set. The platoon commander dashes in with a message which the signaller starts to transmit. A Bren gunner in the background gives protecting fire. The infantry scaling a hill. Stretcher bearer Fusilier Tom Morris (from Wembley, Middlesex) takes a swig from his water bottle. He wears an SB armband. A corporal removes a pin from grenade and throws it. A grenade is taken from a pouch and the pin removed. A line of four men prepare their grenades, lob them and duck down to await the explosion. A driver working on the engine of his truck. The company commander studies his map in an observation post. A platoon commander from "O" Group crawls up to him for instructions. Platoon officers around the company commander as he points out the plan of attack. The company commander and an officer. The company commander studies a map and looks up.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:AYY 372/2
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM (AYY 372/2)
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1943-03-16-1943-03-16
Production Country:GB
Production Details:War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Lupson, Denis (Production individual)
