TAKROUNA HILL [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: TAKROUNA HILL [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 399/1
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The 56th Division (recently arrived from Paiforce) and 51st Division at Enfidaville, Tunisia.
  • Description: Troops of the 2nd/5th Battalion, Queens Royal Regiment, 56th Division march through Enfidaville to take up their position with the Eighth Army. A dead German soldier by an anti-tank gun at the foot of Takrouna Hill. Shells falling on a ridge of the hill being held by the enemy. Men of the 5th Seaforth Highlanders searching the buildings in Takrouna. Shells falling on Takrouna hill. A dead German at the foot of the hill. A panning shot showing the height from which he fell. A signpost in Enfidaville reading 97km to Tunis. 25 pounders in action at Enfidaville.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-04-26
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Jordan, William 'Billy'1918-03-272005 (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service) British Army, 51st Division (regiment/service) British Army, 56th Division (regiment/service) British Army, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), 2nd Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's), 5th Battalion (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Enfidaville, Tunisia (geography) Takrouna, 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: 187 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 399/1

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