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Title:STORMING STRONGPOINTS IN THE MARETH LINE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 388/2/1
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The 9th Battalion, B Company, Durham Light Infantry attack pillboxes on the Mareth Line.
Description: Infantry advancing at the double along the top of enemy tank ditches. The men scramble down the side and make a human pyramid to allow others to follow. They are covered by a Bren gunner firing. Men going through the Mareth Line trenches. Dead bodies laying on top of the trenches. The main pillbox under heavy artillery fire. Infantry advancing and scrambling to the top. They wave the Italian Royalist flag.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]