Title:THE BATTLE OF THE OUED ZARGA-MEDJEZ EL BAB ROAD [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 390/4/2
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Film taken from an observation post above Chaouach of the capture of Toukabeur and Chaouach by the 11th Infantry Brigade.
Description: View looking south of Medjez El Bab in the valley in the distance. A Vickers machine gun post manned by men of the 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. Panning shot up the Medjerda valley to Longstop Hill. The Vickers opens fire on a suspected enemy position. Major Hudson of the Lancashire Fusiliers, Brigadier E E Eden Cass of the 11th Brigade and Captain Austin of the Royal Armoured Corps observe the ground ahead. Major Hudson has his Alsatian dog with him. Shell craters in fields. Toukabeur at the top of a mountain track. More craters in fields beneath Toukabeur.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Lupson (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Cass, Edward Earnshaw Eden (person)
British Army, 11th Infantry Brigade (regiment/service)
British Army, Lancashire Fusiliers (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Armoured Corps (regiment/service)
Keywords: Chaouach, Tunisia (geography)
Toukabeur, Tunisia (geography)
Medjez el Bab, Tunisia (geography)
Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
