RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ATTACK ON THE MARETH LINE [Allocated Title]

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  • 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.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-04-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • 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)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 150 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 388/2/3

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