AMERICAN ATTACK FROM EL GUETTAR TOWARDS GABÈS [Allocated Title]

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


  • Title: AMERICAN ATTACK FROM EL GUETTAR TOWARDS GABÈS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 382/4/2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: An artillery barrage laid down by US troops of II Corps in the foothills of Djebel Berda where German guns are holding up the American advance.
  • Description: Shells bursting in the background behind American tanks. An American sapper with a mine detector working by the roadside. A German fighter plane in the sky.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: AYY 382/4/2
  • Sound: Silent
  • 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) Rignold, Harry (Captain)1943-09-12Cameraman, service number 98582, killed in action during Salerno landings. See http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=938723 accessed 7 March 2011 (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: United States Army, II Corps (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Djebel Berda, 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: 80 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 382/4/2

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:
Register