Title:ATTACK ON PIMPLE AND MINE AT TAMERA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 382/2/2
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:The 1st Parachute Brigade mopping up on the hill nicknamed "the Pimple, after the attack to regain Sedjenane on 27 March.
Description:Two sections of the paratroops advance along the gulley in open formation, ready to engage the enemy. Machine gunners climb up the side of the gulley to give covering fire. Paratroops find an enemy dugout in the mine. They creep forwards and throw a grenade. At the explosion they dash in with Sten guns and shoot up the entrance. Machine gunners firing captured Solothurn MG-34 machine guns. They move forwards through the scrub and take cover as shells pass overhead. A sub-section moves forwards around the edge of the scrub, searching for stragglers. A wounded paratroop being carried back on the shoulders of another.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:AYY 382/2/2
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1943-04-03-1943-04-03
Production Country:GB
Production Details:War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Meyer, Richard (Production individual)
