Title:HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS IN ACTION DURING FIELD FIRING PRACTICE; MULE TRANSPORT NEAR THE FRONT LINE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 372/3
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: 264 Battery, 58th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment using their anti-aircraft guns as field guns in a test barrage on a hill near Souk el Arba, Tunisia. Mule transport at the Headquarters of the 10 Pack Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps near Souk el Khemis, Tunisia.
Description: 18 March. A 3.7-inch gun being turned to face the target. The gun firing at the target. Close ups of the breech and of the gun being loaded and fired. Another gun firing three rounds in quick succession.
21 March. A mule train returning from a morning exercise walk. Mules being tied up to pack lines. Mules eating straw. Loaded mules climbing a steep hill, led by native drivers. The mule train passing a long a cliff ledge. The mule train passing through a small defile, led by a British NCO. Native troops in charge of the mules stand to attention as they receive orders from the British Warrant Officer on an Arab Grey horse. Local soldiers being taught the mechanism of a sub-machine gun by a British RASC sergeant. The soldiers, all sergeants, show their campaign medals. Three sergeants chatting and showing medals. A local man on a donkey followed by one of his wives. The Elevation Layer at his 3.7-inch gun, raising the barrel. A shell is inserted into the fuse setter, the fuse is set and the shell rammed into the breech. The gun crew carrying shells from their racks to the fuse setter. Gun barrels are elevated as orders are given by the predictor crew.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
West, J A (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Army Service Corps, 10 Pack Transport Company (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery, 58th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 264 Battery (regiment/service)
Keywords: Souk el Arba, Tunisia (geography)
Souk el Khemis, Tunisia (geography)
Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
