Title:RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ATTACK ON THE MARETH LINE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 388/2/3
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Men of the Durham Light Infantry and the 505 Field Company, Royal Engineers on the Mareth Line in Tunisia.
Description: The infantry coming across the wadi. The men form a pyramid and climb the steep sides of the wadi. The first machine gunner firing the Bren gun. Men running through the evacuated enemy trenches towards the pillboxes. A dead British soldier lying on the edge of a trench. An assault on the pillboxes. "B" Company sitting around a pillbox. Captain Smith and Lieutenant Sanderson of the 9th Durham Light Infantry in the foreground.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Taylor (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Durham Light Infantry (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Engineers, 505th Field Company (regiment/service)
Keywords: Tunisia (geography)
Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
