COLDSTREAM GUARDS AND TANKS OF THE 6TH ARMOURED DIVISION ON EXERCISE [Allocated Title]



  • Title: COLDSTREAM GUARDS AND TANKS OF THE 6TH ARMOURED DIVISION ON EXERCISE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 377/3/2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards and tanks and Royal Engineers on an exercise on consecutive days at Sakiet Sidi Youssef, Tunisia.
  • Description: 31 March. The Guards advancing with grenades bursting in front of them. They advance up a slope, firing, and drop to the other side. Several jump into the ravine. Men throwing grenades and rushing forwards. An explosive goes off on the bank of a ravine. A Guardsman lies down flat as an explosion goes off. Men advancing and firing small arms from the waist. A 2-inch mortar fires several bombs. A 2-inch mortar and crew. A Guardsman gets down in time as bullets plough into a cactus near him. 1 April. A German teller mine is exploded by Royal Engineers. The crater left by the explosion. A Royal Engineer in a smokescreen searching for mines. A Royal Engineer with a mine detector in the smokescreen. Unrolling a detonating fuse. A Tommy gun (Thompson submachine gun) magazine is attached. A rifle being loaded. A shot of the surrounding country. Sherman tanks advancing into the smokescreen. Explosions take place near the tanks. Tanks advancing under a smokescreen and emerging through the smoke. Explosions. A tank coming into the picture. A tank coming into the picture showing guns. A tank passing overhead. Tank tracks rushing past the camera. Tank tracks underneath the tank. An explosion caused by a German teller mine going up.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-03-31
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Huggett, J. (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 6th Armoured Division (regiment/service) British Army, Coldstream Guards, 2nd Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Engineers (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Sakiet Sidi Youssef, 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: 470 ft; Running time: 5 mins
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    AYY 377/3/2

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