INFANTRY SECTION ADVANCE ON TUNISIAN FARMHOUSE; KNOCKED OUT TIGER TANK [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: INFANTRY SECTION ADVANCE ON TUNISIAN FARMHOUSE; KNOCKED OUT TIGER TANK [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 413/2/3
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: A Rifle Brigade patrol in action against a farmhouse near Bou Arada, Tunisia. A knocked out German Mark 6 "Tiger" tank and the grave of its crew.
  • Description: The infantry section advances on a ruined farm building. Soldiers passing with fixed bayonets at a steady double in the background. Soldiers taking up positions in the ruined building. Bren gunners in the foreground. Close-up of the riflemen taking up position and firing. Close-up of three riflemen with fixed bayonets charging into the ruins. The section advancing through smoke towards the camera. A rifleman advances towards the camera and gives the final "point" with his bayonet. A sergeant of the 8th Company touches a shell indent on the Tiger tank. A shell hole beside a German cross. The inscription on the grave reads "Here lies the bodies of three unknown German soldiers, killed in a Mark 6 tank 27-3-1943". An unexploded shell. A tank sergeant and an American soldier pick up shells to show the comparison in size. Panning shot from the grave to the Tiger tank.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-05-03
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Deeming, E A (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) (regiment/service) United States Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Bou Arada, 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: 200 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 413/2/3

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