RECAPTURE OF SEDJENANE [Allocated Title]

Log in to create clips, download free screeners and save clips/films in Collections. Click here to find out more.


  • Title: RECAPTURE OF SEDJENANE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 377/8
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The recapture of Sedjenane, Tunisia after heavy fighting.
  • Description: Armoured cars of the 46th Reconnaissance Regiment moving forward through Sedjenane in search of the enemy. A patrol of the 1st Battalion Paratroops filing through the town to take up positions on the left flank. A damaged Churchill tank in the background.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: AYY 377/8
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-04-01
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Meyer (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Armoured Corps, 46th Reconnaissance Regiment (regiment/service) British Army, Parachute Regiment, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Sedjenane, 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: 95 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 377/8

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:
Register